Library Square - Vancouver, BC
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bluesnote
N 49° 16.814 W 123° 06.915
10U E 491617 N 5458615
One of many parks in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Waymark Code: WM194WA
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 11/25/2023
Views: 1
Taken from Wikipedia, "Adjacent to the Central Branch is Library Square, a public square is bordered by Robson Street, Homer Street, West Georgia Street, and Hamilton Street. Across West Georgia Street is Canada Post. Across Hamilton Street is the CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver. Across Homer street is The Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts, (formerly The Ford Centre for the Performing Arts) designed by Moshe Safdie as a complementary building to library square. The Library Square Project was the largest capital project ever undertaken by the City of Vancouver. The decision to build the project came after a favourable public referendum in November 1990. The City then held a design competition to choose a design for the new building. The design by Safdie and DA Architects was by far the most radical design and yet was the public favourite. 70% of the public liked the Safdie scheme as a "unique, imaginative, exciting, interesting building."[6]:?263? The inclusion of the 21 story office tower in the design was required in order to pay for it and as part of a deal with the federal government to obtain the land; the federal government has a long term lease on the high rise office tower portion of the project. Construction began in early 1993 and was completed in 1995. In the year following the new library's opening, library visitors increased by 800,000."
Name: Library Square
Street Location: Homer
Local Municipality: Vancouver
State/Province, etc.: British Columbia
Country: Canada
Memorial/Commemoration: No
Date Established: 1995
Picnic Facilities: Tables and Benches
Recreational Facilities:
Geocaching
Reading
Art
Monuments/Statues: No
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Yes
Fountains: No
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: No
Special Events: No
Traditional Geocaches:
No
Web Site: Not listed
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