Senakw Vancouver - will it block your view?
See the Senakw Project on a Photorealistic 3D Map. Discover the project's scale, potential sightline changes, and what it means for local residents.
The Senakw Project is on a relatively small parcel of Squamish reserve land at the foot of the Burrard Bridge, across from downtown Vancouver. The Squamish Nation and Westbank are building 6000 rental apartments (80% market rentals cross-subsidizing 20% non-market rentals), in the form of high-rises up to 60 storeys. The height and density of the project reflects the extreme shortage of housing in Vancouver, and thus sky-high market rents. Because it's Squamish reserve land, the city of Vancouver's extremely restrictive zoning laws don't apply. (Five minutes away at 1000 Cypress Street, there's an old two-storey, eight-unit rental apartment building from 1972. Under the city of Vancouver's laws, it's illegal to replace it with a new building of the same size.)
The interactive web app at https://senakw.afi.dev/ lets you enter any Vancouver address to visualize how the Senakw development will appear from that location, allowing you to see firsthand if it will impact your view of the city skyline.
Part 1: What is the Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles API?
Part 2: How to pan, zoom, and adjust tilt on Google Maps 3D
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Part 4: Add map markers, overlays and polylines to Google Maps 3D
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Part 6: Senakw Vancouver - will it block your view? (this article)