Abandoned - McBarge
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
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Take a trip back to the mid 80's when Vancouver hosted a World's Fair event with one of the most unique fast food restaurants ever constructed. Friendship 500, or better known asThe McBarge.
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Bright Sun Films,I want this Mcbarge turn into a restaurant call KFC
Bright Sun Films I
Could you do an episode on Great Basin Adventures in Reno Nevada?
Bright Sun Films Hey, BSF! Was the Friendship 500 roughly the size of a BAAAAAAAAAARGE?!
"28 Years floating with no real future". Today I learned I am the McBarge.
The McBarge is my spirit animal
Fuck this hits close to home
Mirroring the same thought from Delhi, India
Oof, I felt that.
Richard Comment of the year 👏🏼😂
In my opinion, the McBarge could make one really badass floating house
@Truth seeker yeah because at least it's somewhat seaworthy
It would be cool as a lounge, bar, club, or restaurant.
Totally agree!!!!!
Nooooooooo
Yes
2019 update: it's being renovated to become a deep sea museum in Vancouver called Deep Discovery Centre
Edit: It's 2020 and it's canceled and we all might die
Allegedly.
It's an awfully ugly white elephant that should have been scrapped long ago..... imho ...
@@DARisse-ji1yw It is pretty horrible.
Dont believe this last post ! Before they could get a permit to sink, as a dive site, it would have to be stripped of all toxic substances. The Canadian Coast Gaurd has a new program called Vessels of Concern. The last legal owner is notified to remove the vessel, and if that has not occurred in a short time, the CCG will remove it, dismantled and disposed of. They then can Leagally Sue for cost recovery. Could easily bankrupt a person.
@@stevecarlisle3323 Who said anything about sinking it?
@@layahma that was a assumption on my part ,sorry.
Please explain your post.
Its pretty shitty of Vancouver to sell a 40 year lease then refuse to let them operate
My thoughts exactly. Fucking canucks suckered American investments, then pulled the rug out. Big government for you.
Oneless Dummy bruh it ain’t feasible it’s a fucking old ass barge that was meant to be used for 1 year.
Canadian salt!
@M Regal chinese "Canadians" are. Why do you think housing is so expensive in British Columbia?
@@NewDesignVinylGraphics No it wasn't. Why would they sign a 40 year lease dumbfuck.,..watch the video
McDonald’s: How about we keep the barge open to attract tourists and make both of us money.
Vancouver: How about no.
Vancouver: How aboot no
Dubai: How about Yes
Why is Vancouver like this
"Built to last 90 years," yes, with maintenance and cleaning, not left to the elements.
It must smell McMusty!
Probably better than McDonald’s food though!! 🤣🤣
7:31 Why am I starting to feel bad for an inanimate object?
I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST ME-
Do you also feel sad for Joe Biden? LOL
San Francisco sis what-
Just a suggestion that you should watch Battle For Dream Island.
Take note of the ss United States in Philadelphia!
where's the rich person that makes weird purchases when you need him
iVan 123 Putting Æ in his child’s name
@@Returnofthemac67 bahhaahhahahahhah
Michael Jackson died. Otherwise he might have used it for an Oxygen chamber.
Get MrBeast on the phone!
@@nuclear_war_games Uhhh ok called Mrbeast
"Built to last 90 years"
So is the food.
XD
Lol that burger that was left in Iceland to the guy that filmed the Puerto Rican happy meal..... mc Donald's it's the weather that makes it not ever biodegrade...... stuffs poison
Nicely done..
Oof
Bahahahaha
I never imagined that I'd feel sorry for a barge yet, here I am...nearly in tears at the thought of the Friendship 500 run down, tagged up and floating all alone, unloved.
Same
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Thanks you for not putting a creepy ass song like everyone else who does videos like this... Like fo real
I like the chill orchestral music
The main song that was played was the Walt Disney's New York World's fair music from 1964. It's a fantastic song in my opinion.
M!stake
Lol shit “content” maker
@@mistook415 jajajajajja XD bro you are so funny bro ajjajjajajaja
Yeah. Makes it a lot easier to watch this kinda stuff when I can't sleep at night. Really hate when people do the unnecessary creepy music.
Vancouver: “sells 40 year lease”
Also Vancouver: “well we won’t actually give you a permit to operate 😆 “
They should be Sued for every cent they paid,and a percentage of the profits they had earned,and feasibly earned each year following, and Bankrupt the criminals in charge of Vancouver.
If this barge had been allowed to continue operating as a McDonald"s, how much tax revenue would it have generated over the past 34 years?
That city council was dishonest at best.
They got their tax revenue anyway; people bought food at other restaurants. City got to keep all that 40 year lease.
I remember eating here as a 12 year old, my mother didn't understand why we were passing other locations to eat here. There was a really long, Disneyesque, line to get in, and then to place your order. The food was almost immediately on the tray.
I really enjoyed that Worlds Fair. It was a great trip.
Remember it too, was 16 at the time.
As someone who loves learning about history, your videos provide a lot of interesting facts
Heey, I'm a history lover just like you, what other channels would you recommend similar to BSF?
Tutituuu alternate history hub a good one
sol shade So many people just want to see someone walk around an old building, and tell you nothing about it while acting like it's haunted. Not saying I haven't enjoyed those videos, but this is way more entertaining.
+sol shade I learned a very valuable lesson from this video: Stay the hell away from Canada if you're an entrepreneur. City Council browbeat the hell out of these folks, turning their investment into a giant waste, and shooting down every unique plan created to try and make something of it.
+ Reckless: I grew up in central Florida and watched runaway development absolutely ruin that area. Towns don't owe developers and entrepreneurs jack shit and thank God for those that have learned to "just say no".
Why didnt the city allow the restaurant to operate? it was a brilliant idea
Dracke Stalen Torgen because F’ing Vancouver.
Exactly because I would figure it would make a lot of money
I agree it’s so cool smart an I’d do it like fuck yeah ! So sucks that it didn’t happen :(
That would be a dope house o.o oh man that’s sick to bad they are all to greedy an a bunch of loser that would rather it rot in the bay not right
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City of Vancouver is the ultimate troll. Approves 40 year lease, only grants 1 year operating permit. Much like how Vancouvers housing crisis began. They continuously denied housing developments until people started protesting for change then after a simple old house costs 2M they started letting developers do their thing. Oh Vancouver!
crosswire7777 I wonder what was written in their Signs "We're sorry, we politely don't agree"
Basically sounds like Sweden.
crosswire7777 kalasski
Tea Leaf You think Canadians protest politely? Watch what happens when they lose a hockey game, google vancouver stanley cup riots. These major riots happened twice
government*
Not just one sucky city, but anyone who claims power over others.
It's a floating restaurant for a fast food chain and a place where blade was filmed
That is one legendary barge
Still chill still chill still chill still chill still chill still chill 😌 👌
That's what I said
Water-tight compartments?, the owner saying it can not sink?, this seems rather familiar
TheExtremeEvoker yes mah boi
TheExtremeEvoker oh boi
TheExtremeEvoker im cleaning my laser musket now, ill go as soon as i am done fixing the crank...
The better Titanic
Most large ships have water tight compartments to help with flooding. Titanic was just one of the first.
I remember my high school classmates worked on the Mcbarge during Expo 86. We're almost 50 now. How time flies.
This is actually so sad. Like it was just floating there looking for a home haha
Rebecca C awww that's such a sad image 😥
SC EM its a fucking boat im sure she was'nt crying over it
You think that's sad, you should check out the Binghamton on the Hudson River in NJ. It was a great restaurant and night club. I have fond memories going there for dinner and drinks. It closed in 2007 and was left to rot in the river where it partially sank. She was dismantled in 2017.
@SC EM It's filled with heavy metals and asbestos, it'd make a shit McReef and you're an idiot. Scrap it.
+violet nah
McBarge "What is my purpose"
Vancouver "You decay forever"
McBarge "Oh, no.."
Right! Fucking Vancouver! Approves a bunch of souless condos and monster homes, but something cool like this? Nah!
lol
1987: Owner leaves a giant barge empty.
2017: Foreign investors leaving thousands of brand new condos empty.
I see a pattern.
Lol
McBarge:Oh my God
Rick Sanchez:Yep welcome to the world
They should have had a drive through for boats and jet skis and have a swim up counter
Only to have people get stuck? You forget how many asian drivers/boaters that there are in BC.
Well that joke fell as flat as the soda you ordered (incert drum sound effects
@@nemom225 insert* I got you fam
My god that would be cold
Not many people on Jet Skis in Vancouver
Instead of asking permission to dock somewhere, they should've just *BARGED* IN!
...I'll see myself out
Clay Miller 🤣
You sir get a thumbs up 👍
I’ll see you one better... why don’t you mold yourself into something useful Clay? ... now I will go....
😂😂😂
Clay : I love this comment !!
From icon to eyesore.
Everything about the McBarge is stereotypically 1980s.
including the music and movies!
I like how you incorporated the sponsorship by relating it with the topic of the video.
Olivia Louise I know, right? Only the best content creators care to do that.
You could have called this episode McBandonded
TheSonicNiGHT that's a mcgreat mcpun
He mcsaid *thats a mcgreat mcpun*
Caio brown's 2nd Channel mcthanks mcbruh
TheSonicNiGHT I will take a large McBarge with moldy fries. To drink, just river water please.
Just Me One Fillet O Fish comin up, sorry almost forgot your McFlurry.
I'm sorry this joke kinda McSucks
Out of curiosity, I googled for an update. As of March 2020, it was revealed that the McBarge is going to be a seafood restaurant. The owner mentioned in this video (Howard Meakin) said in the interview that he's just waiting for the right spot to anchor it.
Hmmm...that sounds awfully familiar 🤔
@@Texas2804 It does. I hope it works out this time, though. I would love to visit it if it ever gets up and running.
The sea reclaims all eventually........even “accidental fires that cause a barge to sink”
Hey I know of a place with plenty of condos nearby. It seems like it was made to fit there.
@@rogercarl3969 Not sure how your brilliant comment has gone unnoticed for a month but I'm proud to be your first like.
I'm not a big fan of McDonalds to be honest but I think that's a cool idea of having it on water and it looked like it was a pretty damn fancy McDonalds for back in 86 (when I was born)
Riz2336 It was really cool inside. I was at the expo and that was one of the places I went to. 😊
It's a shame Vancouver city denied the authorization for the barge to continue working
Machin Truc I know especially now that it has all that development it would be nice. It has so much potential.
Machin Truc Vancouver just *hated* this boat.
our city planners are straight fucked, they are truly the worst
McBarge is right up there with Boaty McBoatface in terms of naming.
Foogy Chagoo BOATY!
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Greenpeace purchased the barge and renamed it the McVegan. It's now housing endangered species moored somewhere off the coast of Molokai. They stole the idea from some dude named Noah.
Foogy Chagoo lil ⛵
nickname only
That kid at the end knows what's good.
Shadynine7222 Dashcon 2020 hosted at mcbarge?
Shadynine7222 I huge floating ball pit... Not a bad idea
That poor kid. Not realizing the tetanus he'd jump into 😢.
Watching this video took me back. I was a senior in high school in '86 and just a few weeks away from graduation. For our senior trip, our class went to Expo '86. It was a lot of fun and I remember visiting the McBarge with a group of good friends toward the end of the day. Sad to see what it's become but in my memories of that special time, it will always be perfect!
“Built to last 90 years and has several watertight compartments.” We all know how that worked out with the Titanic.
Chief Dude 11 Yeah but the Titanic hit an Ice McBurger.
I don’t think anyone at WSL thought she would last 90 years. Olympic lasted about 30, which’s is pretty good for ocean liners
It lasted longer than Titanic, though. 😬🧐
the water tight compartments that the titanic was supposed to be built with were actually never fully sealed, they were just walls that opened up on top to the next compartments.
if the walls actually went all the way up to the ceiling like they were supposed to the titanic actually wouldnt have sank.
You can destroy anything.
My mom used to work in the McBarge during expo 86
So you're not going to share any good details about it?
Itsascam Scam no
+Itsascam Scam thats where she got knocked up
+Jungles Bongles Over a sink squirting her juices allover the kitchen
somebody is giving birth in the kitchen keeping everyone from producing the customers order,
Hate it when that happens you have to wait so long for your food!
If I was a millionaire I would buy it, fix it up, and throw the most baller parties imaginable on that thing.
Hell yes! Put some solar panels on that. Could easily turn that into a nice floating hotel.
trybal007 or personal mansion whitch would be cooler
I would love to help put the project together if there are others interested. There are plenty of places where this could be very lucrative as a venue/location. PM me.
You could simply buy a Yacht... That thing can even move you where you would like.
Dang it! You thought of it first.
Here's an update as of 2019:
In 2017, the barge's owners announced plans to convert it into an attraction called the Deep Discovery Centre.[10][11] An event was planned for 21 October 2017 to launch a crowdfunding campaign, but was cancelled due to weather concerns.[12] A petition to Vancouver City council to give the barge Historic Place Status received only 185 signatures. No mention has been made of a rescheduled event, its Facebook and Twitter have not been updated since 2017 and its UA-cam account has been closed.
Oof. Rest in peice you weird bargey thing.
Shame.
Without a doubt, this is the most tragic video about a boat I have ever seen
Thomas M
What about titanic lmaooooo
Jake, this series gives me life. Keep up the hard work man.
Thanks!
As someone who grew up in Vancouver, the McBarge always fascinated me! Thanks for covering this :)
$150,000 a year is peanuts to McDonald’s
Chris J What? McDonald’s had 11 billion in sales in 1985. Yes, with a B.
I guess when they delete their comment that means your point landed?
Was it franchise owned or corporate? That would make a difference
I think you mean it's small potatoes.
@@captainhindsight8604 just what I was gonna say
YESSSS!!! I forgot the mcbarge existed and as always with your videos, it was fascinating, informative and well produced. thanks for producing one of my favourite web series ever! keep being awesome!
Thanks so much!!
Jake are you doing more canceled videos? Do you need a Pepsi to get in the mood to do one?
DIAMARCA13 you know I asked him the same thing a while back but he never did it? Like he should do that.
Bright Sun Films I didn't even know about this.
Then again, I wasn't born until 1998. XD
marsenthusiast b
4:02 - Hold on... They signed a 40-year lease for a six-month event? Those were some shrewd contract negotiations! Aside from that, this was quite an interesting video, and I'd love for a future follow-up on what happens with the structure. Nice work! :)
GOLD
Love me please
Indeed, I never knew McDonalds had anything like that.
ugh. You two. together. perfect.
THE PARENTS OF ABANDONED AHAHAHA
This is Dan Bell. Dan 😩💦❤
I’ve never felt so bad for a boat or “barge” before 😔
I agree‼️ So much potential wasted, shame on those who signed a 40 year lease and then didn’t honor it!!
I remember eating there when I was a child. I have a picture somewhere of my dad, sister and I in front of what is now the Vancouver Science Center. I took a picture with my wife and family in the same spot last year. That McDonald's was so unique. I was four years old when expo 86 was happening
Me too! I was 9, and I remember sitting there with my dad too. Wow. Sad to see it's had a rough time since, I really do hope Meekin is able to bring his ideas to fruition and she's put in use once again. I'm glad I got to be part of history.
I ate there also. Expo 86 blew my mind as a child.
I guess this is memory lane
I live in Mission. It was really shortsighted by the city to reject the plan.
Mark Cunningham ikr!! I’m literally so angry. That old race track makes so much noise and is super ugly to look at, like wtf? It would have been awesome
Maybe it was farsighted
I also live in mission and I can ensure you I was pissed
"The floatplanes would make too much noise"
did it have a "boat thru"?? haha
why would it have a boat thru ?
+Hamza Bajwa because mcdonalds have 'drive-thru's. it was a joke.
Yea..you still drive boats. It's not called a car thru, and yes I'm very popular at parties.
***** but hey, I get the joke, I'm just busting balls M8...I guess at the same time you sail boats too so...
bruuuuh it's just a joke. it wouldn't work at all if they said ' did it have a drive thru' lol
😍This boat is ABSOLUTELY GEORGOUS. It needs to be safe. People can live inside.
The moral of the city is the Vancouver City Council hates fun, friendship, and burgers.
and mcbarge shits
City council love money
Found my zombie apocalypse survival fort
You'd be raided everyday
every second i look at it im looking at how it could be structured to grow plants amd farm oxygen, fruits and vegtables, because that would be a great little thing to have in a cove, an area where you;
-dont get any plant growth
-you can wear snorkel gear or make a oxygen pressurizer
/use scuba equipment
- keep vining plants
- weild ladders to the outside so that every inch of it could be used
-plant sea vegtables
- keep fish docile and raise them
- enjoy the great fishing spot
I would canoe zombies out to it and watch them eat your brains out of jellousey
Yeah you'll get away from the zombies sure, but then theres deadly Molds, rodents, bee/wasp hives here and there. and its probably slowly sinking on top of that. yeah i'd take my chances on land or just go steal a better boat. that thing should just be disposed of in an environmentally friendly way of course. god only knows wtf that things made out of. its 75% asbestos most likely.
*throws rock through window*
I live in Knoxville, TN where our 82 Worlds Fairs iconic staple is The Sunsphere. The structure still stands is well preserved and open to the public with several observation floors, a restaraunt, and a bar. Im sure this barge is just as iconic to the city of Vancouver as The Sunsphere is to Knoxville, but its a story of one stationary icon to one that floats. To me, restoration to this thing is in serious need in order to bring it up to codes and even install the latest outlets for usb and hdmi hook ups for the use of modern day technology, so the question is, how much would all this cost, and is it worth it? This reminds me a lot of saving the Love Boat from the iconic 80s t.v. series. The Princess remained for sale for quite awhile with no buyer until she was sent out to Italy to be scrapped due to the high costs of upgrading and renovations. Sadly, it was a sight to see on youtube videos, but I feel this barge should be a permanent fixture to its home of Vancouver if its to reconize a historical mark on that cities history. Nevertheless, city ordinances and simple requests of not wanting the barge there remain hurdles.
"Maybe it'll be a ball pit."
Must... Resist... Dashcon... Jokes...!
Oh yeah.... that ball pit..... yikes
You are the most underated UA-cam channel of all time that puts out great content frequently. Keep up the great work!
How's he underrated when has has 200k+ subs?
Tyranitoons If You Look At Music (its a channel) you would see
thx bro
He really is underrated af! Someone that need more love is Kaptainkristian, look him up. He has higher standard for editing than Bright sun too.
Nicholas Dalrymple love your thumbnail!! and i agree love this channel
Thanks for the story. I ate there once with my dad at Expo 86.
Rachel Anne you watch the video or nah?
Did you really come to a video that explains everything your asking and then ask those exact questions in the comments without watching it?
so stupid, why wouldn't Vancouver let them keep it running? i would have loved to have eaten there
Vancouver lost so much city revenue. Idiots on city council.
Because socialism.. FUCK Canada.
Mike I'm Canadian and I approve this message...foreigners have hijacked this country
Canadians are notoriously narrow-minded. They built the first real supersonic jet, called "The Arrow"then dropped it before entering the competition with the U.S.
Johnny Wang Probably a bunch of old coots who hate new things and want to keep the river "pristine"
In my fictional world, this restaurant never gets abandoned and still operates
I ate at McBarge during Expo 86! I remember it well.
Did it have booth seating?
@Bill Williams you both have the same last name lol
With the amount of money McDonalds make they couldn't just restore it and take it to different ports as sort of floating publicity ?
the city refused it.
You really think McD's needs to pay for publicity ? They sell franchises 1st and hamburgers 2nd. A franchisee could buy it, pointless for the parent co.
Why couldn't they have parked it at an oil rig or an island where it could get customers?
Again, you seem to miss the fact it requires confirmation from the city/state/government
@@Maples01 Yikes... You seem to miss the fact that in Canada they are divided into provinces and territories not states. Now you learned something today.
I'm 30.
....I also hope it'll become a giant floating ball pit.
I think I feel sympathy for the barge simply because it was named the Friendship 500... like aw this poor little barge is just wandering around looking for a friend! Then I remember it's a boat built by McDonald's lmao
That's shameful the city refused them.
Exactly and if it still was a Mcdonalds restraunt, it would've been sorta like a landmark Vancouver is known for.
I'm with the kid. Ball pit sounds legit...
I bet you would love swimming around in a sea of balls huh😁
As a kid I used to love ball pits, as an adult I'm entirely grossed out by them!
Look, Little Timmy! A used heroin needle!
SOOOOO HAPPY!!! NEW ABANDONED VIDEO!!!
I love it when these videos come out. So heartwarming.
The Man Behind The Camera Tru
Dat One Gamer and one with a happy ending yay!Hopefully....
Denzel Monfort We'll just have to wait and see how this story ends.
lol ferreals tho.
If i had 600k sittin around, id turn it into a personal yacht-house
You’d still keep the McDonalds McFeel right?
Would honestly need more than that.
Vancover owes McDonalds 39 years and 6 months worth of lease.
McDonalds owes the world 3 billion cardiac bypasses.
People make their own decisions. They're the ones who are accountable for them. Fucking socialists...
Yes, because they force those burgers down your throat. . .
I was eating McDs for a year every day. My health stayed top notch.
Reinis - you feel fine now but anyone who eats beef regularly without very hard daily exercise is going to accumulate a layer of fat in their veins with each meal. Eventually you have a heart attack or need a very expensive bypass surgery in middle age. This does not apply if McDs customers are smart about what menu choices they make, the fish sandwich is sustainably caught and reasonably healthy, it needs a whole grain bun to be truly healthy. Arbys offers a whole grain bun on request on any sandwich so is much better for us than McDs if you are smart enough to understand the health disaster of white bread culture..
An Abandoned video that has a bit of a hopeful ending, which technically isn't an abandoned video, but it's still cool to see.
Sometimes I wonder what abandoned buildings would be like if nobody stripped them of copper and whatnot
Darren Mark Bradley the power might still work
Your pfp is garfielf jon
You should check out "The Proper People" channel.
Hi, I’ll have a Quarter Pounder and a medium Coke. Would you like a life jacket with that?
Idk why I read it as “Hi, I’m a Quarter Pounder.”
I’d turn it into a McPirate ship.🏴☠️
Epic.
Sell it to Somalia
It should be renamed to Bargy McBargeface
Hgyvtfygyhuh Ygihvutctvnininnin That was unnecessary...
Lol 😂
On the news today, in an interesting twist of events, Boaty and Bargy became best friends. After long, tough environment research voyages, Boaty docks next door to Bargy for quality food before embarking back to sea.
@Hgyvtfygyhuh Ygihvutctvnininnin In BC where Vancouver is in they crowdsourced the name for a research vessel and the community chose Boaty McBoatface ;)
How about repurposing the MCBARGE as a HOUSEBOAT MANSION? Maybe in Seattle Washington.
No America don't steal our stuff plz
YES!!!! IT'S CONVERTING IT INTO A HOUSEBOAT MANSION OR SCRAP!!! LOL
David Siler transport would be tricky. doubt she's sea worthy
She probably is not sea worthy in the shape she is. She would have to be put into dry dock to make her sea worthy once more.
No. We already had our own floating hulk with the Kalakala and it sat in various locations unused for almost 20 years.
Speaking of, Jake, you should do an episode on the Kalakala. It's a pretty interesting story.
This would've never happened if the council allowed them to open the barge. I really don't see why they denied that request.
The McBarge is A E S T H E T I C as fuck
so funny... not like that jokes been used literally a million times haha.
it wasn't even a joke tho "haha"
Bleach Chef haha haha S P A C E D LE TT ERS HAHAH XXXXXXDD AESTHETIC BAHA AAAA BLEACH!!!!!!!! XDDFFFDD god damn get fucking cancer
* A E S T H E T I C C
imagine put some Vaporwave on the McBarge what would be really Aesthetic as fuck
So city council keeps preventing business owners from investing in the local economy and creating jobs?
Lol. McDonalds is everything but a company that creates local jobs. It's all prefab and deliver with minimum local work force. I'd rather see a couple small privately owned kiosks with food than a McDonald's.
No. Expo forgot to tell McDonalds they had to take the fucking thing away when they were finished with it. Jimmy Pattison, not the city. I may be making this up.
ml pop MN
Do you see how bullshit zoning laws has cost the new owner a ton of money while at the same time creating an eye sore? I sometimes think zoning is corruption at it's finest! "John don't let him put that restaurant there! Just the novelty alone will draw some of my business to his place. Hey bring the wife & kids buy for a free dinner every Wednesday. That's our slow day anyway." OR "Hey Jim, I've got $10,000 that says he doesn't get to put his restaurant in."
Yeah they preferred a dilapidated, listing boat, stained green with algae, broken windows, raped for valuable metals, and tagged with spray paint all over, instead of a thriving business that would also bring in money for tourism because that's what the people wanted? I might be mistaken, but isn't government supposed to be doing the will of the people? I'm sure it's not that different in Canada. Don't worry though our local, state, and federal don't often care about the will of the people in the United States as well.
Exactly, the guy forgot to pay off the local politicians.
Zoning laws simply raise the cost of housing and doing business. Government knows best, of course.
Yeah I'd love owning a house next to a steel mill!
MrEeeaddict IT SUCKS! SUCKS A LOT! Further proof zoning laws is BULLSHIT! Someone authorized the building of Armco (now AK STEEL) next door to houses. I guess Armco had deep pockets and Middletown City Council had their hand out. Property owners (too bad I rent) are given a yearly allotment for pressure washing. My F-250 that sit for a while has a residue on it that STARTING FLUID won't take off. I'm thinking maybe it's airborne mineral deposits from burnt coal from the coke plant. I'm going to try CLR.
MrEeeaddict AND HOW IN THE BLUE BALL FUCK DID YOU KNOW I LIVE NEXT TO A FUCKING STEEL MILL? WHAT IS YOUR FUCKING NAME?!!!!
UA-cam recommends me this video religiously on a 3 month basis.
The abandoned series are the best videos on UA-cam!
Why the hell wouldn't developers want a restaurant for people to go to? Pretty short sighted.
You didn't listen to the audio. The noise of sea planes was a deal breaker.
I watched the video. Even if someone had made such a claim how precisely did that make sense? They built a bunch of apartments and business related offerings, if they had left it there as a McDonald's who was going to be bothered by sea planes? Hey, I came in here for a cheap burger and fries now I am going to bitch because I heard a sea plane? Big fuck you get your fat ass in your car and drive away. No real person would have given a damn.
wetlazer - your profane ignorant reply to me was blocked by this page and rightly so. The zoning commission got feedback from existing tax paying residents and made the decision. End of story.
Your profane, you probably think this world is about you. Your profane. Hahaha!
Oh look, yet another troll dodges the humiliation of being corrected by making a joke if it. How boring and predictable.
If someone ever acted like an adult and offer a simple "I stand corrected" it would be a miracle.
Aww I was feeling bad for McBarge :/ I felt like she was built for something more! Best of the luck to mcbarge
I live in St Louis Missouri and remember the riverboat McDonald's well. It was docked on the riverfront by the St Louis Arch. Basically every school who did a field trip downtown went to it.
Lester Scrugs That's why I clicked I thought it was the one that used to sit on the riverfront too
This made me go watch the movie, "The Founders". The movie about the origins of McDonald's starring Michael Keaton.. I highly recommend the film. It's an easy 8 on a 10 scale.
Would you say that you were ¨ Lovin it ¨?
Really? No city wanted the McDonald's barge? That's kinda dumb
im pretty sure the guy who bought it and is renovating it wanted it
I didn't know one man could be considered a city.
LOL send it to CA they love stuff like that
I was so anxious waiting for the clip/photo of it sunken
You'd think a wealthy, Chinese businessman would buy it. They bought most everything else in the province.
Thats why its called Hongcouver.
@@es1263 LMAO
@Bill Williams Sweatbarge.
When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. Now that I'm older I eat five dozen eggs and I'm roughly the size of McBarge!
Gaston! McExcellent.
how is your docking situation
Trust me.....NO ONE wants to dock someone that huge!
#unfuckable
RingwoodLive McEggcellent* YOU HAD ONE JOB.
It's gonna be a underwater museum in Vancouver ; )
REALLY?
lightning Bolt's Channel woosh.
@Thatfathipo except it is MoRoN
Would make for a perfect paint ball course, doesn't even need to be renovated much for that purpose 😅
Absolutely love your videos, the amount of work you're putting into it is really palpable. And you're not just going through a list of what's happened to the buildings, for example, the details of the decorations, the style of the interiors ... Excellent job sir !
Thank you!
Growing up in St. Louis, I can still remember eating at the McDonald's riverboat. The city is actively trying to "revitalize" the riverfront, but virtually all of the former boats docked in front of the arch are all but gone.
Hey I remember it too I’m from the Lou too
Love the Abandoned series! Of all the episodes I've seen so far, this one strikes me as the most sad. It is a shame that the McBarge was denied its forty-year lease. It seems like the McBarge acted in good faith but the city simply didn't hold up its end of the bargain, which is too bad. McBarge looks like it was a fun place.
What they should have did, was disassemble it and rebuild it on land and fill out the inside with memorabilia of when it was a barge, the world fair, the making of the ship, the concept designs.
It would have functioned all the way until now as just a unique McD's location with some cool history to see.
I just discovered your channel and I'm glad I have! There is so much quality content here, amazing
+Spi Rale thanks!
If we stick to the theme of the Vancouver area, there's an old BC Ferry docked in Mission, BC that's abandoned and I think it'd make a good episode
Used to ride that ferry all the time, I was sad when it shut down.
In the 1980s, we appreciated things so much more than people today can even fathom.
Ok boomer
I just cruised by the McBarge yesterday with my houseboat... it's still abandoned in the Fraser near Maple Ridge. No work has been done to it.
Bargey McBargeface
Really excellent work putting your videos together. I like the history perspective of your videos. Not just videoing an abandoned building. Thank you for doing this.
I've always wondered why McDonalds never advertised "The Founder" in their restaurants.
FireSonic101 It's a hit piece on Ray Croc so they really want anyone knowing about it. But some McDonald's do have a Ray Croc Plaque behind the register
Next time you go in look for it
My grandpa was involved preparing expo 86, Very amazing how big that was at the time.