It’s really a spectacular transformation — the downtown VPL’s two upper floors have become a rich and varied public space. It’s another treasure that people in Vancouver will use and enjoy for generations to come.
The results are wonderful and amazing. It’s now one of the best public spaces in Vancouver — and located right smack-dab in the middle of downtown.
From Price Tags — a big pat on the back for all involved.
The new 8th and 9th floors comprise 42,000 square feet. Rooftop garden, open space, reading room, meeting rooms, a 75 (or so) seat theatre with all mod tech.
We’ve covered this previously at Price Tags HERE and HERE.
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- 9th floor roof garden and steps down to 8.
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- Roof garden
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- Yosef Wosk Poet’s Corner (interior)
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- Yosef Wosk Poet’s Corner (exterior)
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- New public space formerly accessible only to lessee
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- Small meeting room (one of many, many sizes)
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- Montalbano Family Auditorium — John Montalbano led the highly successful ($13M) fundraising that made the expansion possible
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- Escalator from floor 7, stairs to 9.
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- Architect Moshe Safdie, Mayor Gregor Robertson and Federal Minister Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson
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- Moshe Safdie — Architect of the library and this new space
