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Originally Posted by jlousa
My issue with losing the rotunda and the one at Hastings and Seymour is the gradual erosion of public amenity space not the structures themselves. Both of them provided a public amenity space (In the case of Pacific Centre the outdoor space) that were part of the the original development permits of each project. Now years later we are seeing those spaces redeveloped and that space disappearing. The city should be obligating them to at the very least replace that sqftage at a 1 to 1 ratio in the same immediate area or even increase it to account for the new development taking place. Arguing that there is the plaza across the street is devious. We should always fight to retain as much publicly accessible space as possible and we can do that while still allowing the private sector flexibility.
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Like Office Dweller noted after your post, while the space was originally public space, it was swapped with the plaza outside of 725 Granville with the City to facilitate the Canada Line station and associated plaza.
CF originally had a development planned for that 725 granville plaza which was cancelled and mvoed over to the rotunda space when that swap was agreed to.
I personally think having a plaza on Granville makes more sense given the pedestrian nature of Granville and the already existing Art Gallery plaza kitty corner to the old rotunda, making the public space at the rotunda a bit redundant.
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Originally Posted by Vin
Majority of commenters on FB say they are sad and disappointed to see the glass dome go. This is not unlike replacing the old Hotel Vancouver with the Eatons Urinal.
Wow that Chicago one is also one huge ugly block of architectural shame. "Iconic" indeed.
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Well if the brain trust of Facebook says so....
The good news Vin is that the low quality rotunda is being demolished and replaced with a beautiful retail pavilion with high quality materials.
Cry about it all you want, it's happening.
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