I've finally returned to Vancouver again after two months, and yes it is open, but it looks in a worse state from mcminsen's photos nearly 3 weeks ago. I was reserving Judgment of that bus shelter, but I have to say it is truly awful.
Walking along Howe there was quite a nice cedar scent from the benches.
Still not a fan of the white bus stop or whatever that is supposed to be, but I saw it in the evening a couple weeks ago and it was lit up with some animation and it didn't look too bad. Should've snapped a video.