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Originally Posted by huenthar
Quite possibly THE worst place in the city to put that bridge/arch building idea. At virtually any open site in SEFC it could work, but here, at the exact perfect height and location to obscure the far more interesting stadium roof/lighting effects behind it - clearly intentionally - the idea severely detracts from both the stadium and the development. That bridge just doesn't work, hopefully it doesn't make it into the finished product...
(edit: re swimming pool: at a different location, would love to see an arch building hotel where the bottom floor of the arch has a glass-bottomed swimming pool...)
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Quickly looking at the documents shows they try to hide, obscure, and marginalize the stadium at every opportunity. There were several options I understand and I assume someone with the city is nudging them in this direction. What I see is a major battle between Vancouver city council and the Province, there are way to many subtle jabs going back and forth. Personally I think and dearly hope that Meggs and Robertson are on the losing end, and I think they will be, but it will be tough thanks to their media connections, and for them its all that matters. I cant and dont want to get involved in this crap anyways so I will leave it as that.
The point is its clear they are trying to block the view of the stadium, and I will bet a pretty penny the city, and specific people in it are the ones pushing this concept.
/rant