Well, you can walk up to that fence where that photo was taken so I wouldn't exactly call it hidden from public viewing. I imagine the scaffolding will be removed from around it too
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Not to mention the views one will have from downtown (looking down Burrard), from the North shore, or from along the seawall at coal harbour and across at stanley park, which are open to the public.
One does not have to touch the torch to know it's there
. Most of them have been on top of stadiums in past Games. . . does that mean they were inaccessible to the public as well?