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Originally Posted by officedweller
The former PriceWaterhouse Building doesn't help either. Way back in the 80s, the City wanted the tower set back from Hastings Street behind the covered plaza. I think it would have been better the other way around, to create a public space in front of The Station (back then the Station wasn't the transit hub it is now). The orientation of Harbour Centre (also built in the early 80s) was in part dictated by the former Spencer's Department Store (also formerly Eaton's) which existed on the site and was incorporated into the project.
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Yeah, sounds like one of those 70s/80s schemes. We're lucky though, they didn't go too crazy with the backfacing like in other cities (I grew up in Ottawa/Hull, which pretty looks like the back of Harbour Centre all throughout). It shouldn't be so hard for Harbour Centre to open up to the street though, given more defined retail spaces - although that vent, as small as it is, doesn't really help the look of that wall. Kind of like the Granville Street side of the Sears.