The proposed transportation system through the area is awful as it doesn't provide for redundancy - any blockage on Pacific Boulevard will stifle traffic as far away as Georgia Street and over to Main Street.
That said there are a couple of interesting elements - like the tower built over the SkyTrain tracks north of Rogers Arena - perhaps forshadowing a future Aquilini project?
A big negative though - if the intent was to remove the "barrier" of the viaducts, the proposed funky curving condo towers present a far far bigger barrier between Chinatown and False Creek than the viaducts and these tower look really wide (esp. if Concord is going with a point tower scheme.) Strangely, these condo towers look a whole lot more "resort-like" than point towers do.
Renders cut from the entry at the City's website:
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