Put May 17 in your schedule for the next City Conversaton – 12:30-1:30, at SFU VAncouver, Harbour Centre, Room 1600
Viaducts or Via-don’ts? The future of upper False Creek.
For 25 years, the top end of False Creek, potentially one of the most beautiful and accessible parts of Vancouver, instead has been bare land traversed by two elevated roads. Is there an alternative to the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts that keeps traffic flowing? What is their impact on adjacent neighbourhoods? What might replace acres of asphalt parking lots and chain-link fences? Why haven’t existing plans been implemented for two decades? Is now the time for better solutions that include more public amenities?
.
Starting the conversation are Vancouver City Councillor Geoff Meggs; Urban designer and Crosstown resident Frank Ducote; and Shirley Chan, whose family led the 1960s fight to stop freeways from decimating Chinatown, Gastown and Strathcona.
.
Then it’s your turn to ask questions, and share opinions and ideas.
