Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinion
I strongly disagee that Enterprise Hall should be kept. First it's completely customized for the casino now, and if you ripped out all that you'd have a husk of glass - which wouldn't work for an art gallery.
Also, there are major ventilation issues with that building. I quit my job there in part because the air was so bad.
It's a dump and has no parking. They have to tear it down.
|
All it was when the casino started renos was a husk of glass as well.
I'm just saying, it would be nice if they could retain some of the current structure within or part of the VAG. It doesn’t need to look as it does now - the glass could be changed, some of the glass could be replaced with other materials, it could form part of an atrium lobby with tropical plants and trees (akin to the original Atocha train station in Madrid, the lobby of the Carlsberg Glypotec in Copenhagen) etc.
Parking? I'm pretty sure that whole aspect will be redone for the new building. We’ve finally gotten around to retaining older facades (Hudson, Jameson) - I don’t see why this couldn’t be done here for a building that isn’t nearly as old, but is arguably now part of Vancouver’s heritage.