The City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Economic Commission would like to invite you to come out and celebrate the launch of the False Creek Flats planning process! The Flats is made up of over 450 acres of primarily employment land. Bound by Main Street to the west, Clark Drive to the east, Prior/Venables to the […]
The City of Vancouver has agreed to daily shutdowns of the Georgia Viaduct from April 5 to 18 for the filming of Deadpool (featuring locally grown actor Ryan Reynolds). Details of the closure April 5: Georgia Viaduct closed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 6-16: Georgia Viaduct closed from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays. […]
The FCRA had a good presence at City Hall when Council met to decide on whether to proceed with the staff request for $2,000,000+ to continue their work on planning for removal of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts. FCRA Directors on the speakers list included Sean Bickerton, Andrea Mackenzie, and co-chairs Patsy McMillan and Fern […]
Representatives from Chinatown organizations heard Brian Jackson, the City’s General Manager of Planning and Development urge them to support removing the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts – in Cantonese, Mandarin and English!! Along with Mr. Jackson, there was a full complement of city staff including Wendy Au from the City Manager’s office, Kevin McNaney, Assistant […]
Dear Mayor Robertson, Regarding: City Proposal for Viaduct Removal Strathcona and adjacent neighbourhoods are excited about the City’s proposal to remove the Viaducts in order to utilize the lands underneath to bring opportunity for new, beneficial developments for Vancouver. We are especially supportive of the removal of the 40 year traffic affliction on Prior / […]
We recognize that the whole city should be engaged in the discussion of the removal of the viaducts. The viaducts serve as a major transportation corridor providing access to the city core from the eastern part of our city. The area around False Creek has the potential to be a significant heritage and green space […]
From Openfile by Michael Aynsley According to News 1130, there wasn’t much opposition to the Rogers Arena towers development when the City of Vancouver hosted the first open house on the comprehensive proposal Monday night. The developer behind the proposed project is the Aquilini group. If approved, the buildings would surround Rogers Arena. The idea […]
From the Globe and Mail By: Hadani Ditmars “Just look at all this wasted space,” says Larry Beasley, as he drives underneath the Georgia Viaduct near Quebec Street on a sunny February afternoon. “Think of what we could do here – more green space, housing…” “Yes and the new park could replace some of these […]
