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Originally Posted by phesto
Thanks for posting. I don't think I'd ever seen the elevations before.
It looks like the taller Granville Square (where PWC is now) would've been about 550 ft tall. It would've been cool to see that one built and give Granville Square a more cohesive look - although it looks like it extends over Cordova, which would've been awful.
Note from the elevation the tallest (hotel/office) tower looks to be almost exactly twice as tall as Granville Square which would put in the 800-900 ft range. I can't help but wonder how different Downtown Vancouver would be if one taller tower had ever made it through back then...
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It was to be called Federal Square - so I think Sinclair Centre would have been demolished and Cordova closed.
Interesting bits:
- It mentions a commuter, inter-city, intra-urban and airport transportation hub (with future rapid transit). It would have been interesting to see if VIA would have chosen the CP Station over Pacific Central had Project 200 provided a new station.
- If the office core had a firm footing close to Gastown (rather than moving up to Burrard & Georgia), would Woodward's and Hastings Street have died and become the DTES as we know it? (Someone should do a thesis on that.)
- And look at all that residential space (likely rental) - well before the current trend in downtown living.