THE FUTURE OF UPPER FALSE CREEK
When: May 17, 2012 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Harbour Centre, Room 1425
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.
City Conversations – dialogues on topics of urban interest – are held every First and Third Thursday at SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre).
