Eight weeks since my last pics and not a lot of visible progress. I've been by often to have a look and take pics but each time I compared them to the previous update I didn't think it was worth posting.
The west tower crane is down and the east tower is topped out. And there is a bit more glass. Other than that...
Broken water main on Georgia Street creating a water show.
Yikes, I missed that. I was there earlier taking pictures of the big displays being set up on the north plaza. I can't figure out what the displays are about but I'm wondering if they have anything to do with the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Regardless, what bad luck.
Didn't the city have a break in that area like a year maybe 2 ago right around the same spot??? Also, I think the display has something to do with the Chinese fashion designer having some work on display at the Gallery soon.
"Celebration of Chinese Culture through Food, Music & Art. 2019 Zigong Lantern Exhibition.
About this Event
This free and public event is designed to bring people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds together to celebrate Chinese culture through food, music, and various art forms.
Briefly, the event is anchored by a six-day Lantern Exhibition September 26th - October 1st, 2019. Intricate Zigong Lanterns measuring up to 18 meters long and 5 meters high will illuminate the Vancouver Art Gallery North square in the evenings.
The Chinese Culture and Arts Festival - September 28th ( 12pm - 8pm):
- Food tents selling a variety of Chinese dishes
- live paintings and art displays
- musical and cultural performances
- interactive activities"
"Celebration of Chinese Culture through Food, Music & Art. 2019 Zigong Lantern Exhibition.
About this Event
This free and public event is designed to bring people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds together to celebrate Chinese culture through food, music, and various art forms.
Briefly, the event is anchored by a six-day Lantern Exhibition September 26th - October 1st, 2019. Intricate Zigong Lanterns measuring up to 18 meters long and 5 meters high will illuminate the Vancouver Art Gallery North square in the evenings.
The Chinese Culture and Arts Festival - September 28th ( 12pm - 8pm):
- Food tents selling a variety of Chinese dishes
- live paintings and art displays
- musical and cultural performances
- interactive activities"
The city and province are definitely putting the final nails in the coffin of any potential future DTES revival.
There was a brief moment in the lead up to 2010 when there was a revitalizing momentum and a substantial revival seemed possible. But Vision Vancouver stopped that momentum in its tracks when they changed the existing plan precisely because it was allowing improvements—improvements which the so-called poverty activists opposed. We now see the results of that policy. Any hope for a future DTES revival is now all but lost, especially since the current provincial government and city mayor are clearly intent on not just staying the course on failed policies but doubling down on them even further.
Thus, I will put my neck on the line and predict that if the two governments do not reverse course but continue down this path of expanding welfare infrastructure, accommodating vagrancy and homelessness, and stifling private redevelopment, in five years from now we will look back at the current state of the DTES with nostalgia. Indeed, the footprint of the DTES will be consuming parts of the city beyond its current borders, and at least one or two historic treasures will have crumbled or burned as sacrifices to the city’s refusal to admit the failures of their policies.
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