Time for Vancouver to Tear Down Its Viaducts?

[amor de cosmos]

new contest:

Context

The utility and necessity of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts has been an issue of polarized debate since they were reconstructed in their present form in the late 1960s. As the first piece of a larger freeway system that was planned but never realized, they stand as a symbol of an era of city-building that thankfully never more-fully materialized.

With forty years lapsed since the ribbon cutting, the utility and merit of these structures continue to be debated topics in our city. Through this discussion one thing has become increasingly clear as Vancouver’s central peninsula continues to build out: whether they stay or go, a far better future for the structures or the lands beneath them can be imagined.

the details:
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/reconnect/brief.htm