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Originally Posted by urbancanadian
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It might just be me, but I love the Dunsmuir Hotel Building. It is such a large and intricately designed building for 1908 Vancouver. Over the years they somehow managed to make it extremely ugly at street level, but properly restored it would be amazing. The architects (Parr and Fee) also built the building that is now the Moda hotel (as well as many other buildings in Vancouver, like the Vancouver Block), which I find to be an extremely adorable hotel.
I would be more than willing to give up density and height on the Parkade lot in exchange for restoring a heritage building that could become a great Boutique hotel and restaurant spot in the heart of downtown. Something akin to the Hotel Georgia, but not as expensive.