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Originally Posted by Vin
Just a massive European-style piazza now? I can already imagine kids chasing after fluttering pigeons, or mimes performing on the square. However, without classical buildings all around it except for the Art Gallery, this fantasy is somehow not so complete, as it's interrupted by honking cars and buses.
Suddenly my imagination is replaced by a public park which is already in existence: the Yaletown Park! It looks good on paper but no one ever goes there.
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To paraphrase Howard Kunstler: "a place so despotic that even the homeless don't want to be there".
We should stop mimicking others and put back what's good for the west coast: some grass, trees and beautiful landscaping: bring some nature back to this place! |
The problem with yaletown park is that it isn't smooth. And also there's a bunch of trees on huge mounds. Not to mention the complete failure of the treatment along Nelson. This plaza won't have those issues. One thing they could do to help this plaza is have the front doors to the gallery be the main doors.
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