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Originally Posted by chowhou
You guys are both being silly. In 1935 when Vancouver moved its city hall to its current location, the new site was serviced by the number 1 streetcar and number 17 streetcar (today it's still serviced by the 17 bus and of course Canada Line and 99 B-Line, soon to be serviced by the Millennium Line). From there you could easily connect with the Arbutus Line BCER line or the Central Park BCER line. At the time, the old Burnaby municipal hall was located at the intersection of Edmonds and Kingsway which was on a New Westminster streetcar line and was walking distance to the Central Park BCER line. Both sites were easy to access for all residents of their respective municipalities by the rapid transit of the day.
Vancouver City Hall was moved to where it is to make it more accessible to the residents of Point Grey and South Vancouver post-annexation. It remains easy to access for all residents of Vancouver, and is only getting more accessible.
Burnaby City Hall was moved to where it is to literally put it at the physical centre of Burnaby for some reason. To this day it is poorly accessible by transit.
They are not the same.
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I'm confused as to how you come to the conclusion that I'm being "silly" with him when you've made the exact same point I've been making since this whole City Hall relocation debate started. Complete with an elucidation of the fact that nothing is the same today as it was almost 100 years go.
Or are you just new to the discussion and just decided to lump everyone as "silly" just to save yourself the time or effort for thinking, without even bothering to familiarize yourself with the respective points being made?
"Geographically central" does not mean "accessible to everyone".
Gee, thanks.
For being the umpteenbillionth person to make that same observation in this discussion.
What next?
Sky is blue and water is wet?
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