Comments on: ON HIGH ALERT!

By: Andy Jukes

Andy Jukes — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:30:27 +0000

A property management company? I can guarantee you that was CSIS Vancouver headquarters back in the late ’80s/early ’90s!

I can’t imagine why they would have moved, but if they did, whoever bought their building would stand a better chance of surviving an armed assault or nuclear blast than most of the rest of us. That is one heavily reinforced building.

By: Bob K

Bob K — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:00:41 +0000

That’s exactly where it is. Why is it so reinforced? It houses a property management company… am I missing something here?

By: Andy Jukes

Andy Jukes — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:52:39 +0000

Based a study of Google Maps, I think it’s the building at the northeast corner of 8th and Ontario. Back in the day, I could have told you more about this, but I am old, and have forgotten a lot.

The main floor is “hardened” against assault by anything up to tanks. Check the extremely angled concrete leading up to slit-like windows.

And the air intakes are all oriented downward, so as not to take in any radioactive fallout.

Professor Michael Wallace of UBC is my inspiration here. You should interview him and not forget the big anti-nuke rallies back in the day.

By: mik

mik — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:25:43 +0000

where’s csis? there’s two creepy unmarked buildings right around there; my friend said one of them is where “all the money comes into vancouver.” i don’t know what that means. canada mint franchise, coke depot, softwood lumber showroom?

By: Andy Jukes

Andy Jukes — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:31:45 +0000

But CSIS is in the immediate neighbourhood, so it may be connected to that, after all.