The point of VWBCI is to open local minds to outside practices, concepts, and ideas that might stand to improve our greater civic situation in a parallel universe where coolness was valued more than practicality and funds spent on public works of art were raised by way of a NIMBY tax levied against YVR’s most insufferable serial whiners.

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(via) Sadly, one must gain access to a roof or high rise apartment to enjoy an open view of the city from the top of The Hill in Mount Pleasant. We propose building something similar to this 37 foot high staircase viewing platform designed by the firm Close To Bone in rural Belgium. Vancouver’s version could rise over the narrow crosswalk island dividing the north/south lanes of Main St. at Kingsway (between Antisocial and Gene), not only as a public work of art but chiefly as a means to enjoy the spectacular view without having to buy a condo nearby.

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