{"id":9421,"date":"2012-05-10T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=9421"},"modified":"2012-05-09T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T19:45:40","slug":"city-conversations-viaducts-or-via-donts-the-future-of-upper-false-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/05\/10\/city-conversations-viaducts-or-via-donts-the-future-of-upper-false-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"City Conversations &#8211; Viaducts or Via-don&#8217;ts: The future of upper False Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1336426328780.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9422\" title=\"1336426328780\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1336426328780.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Viaducts or Via-don&#8217;ts: The future of upper False Creek<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When: May 17, 2012<br \/>\nTime: 12:30-1:30 pm<br \/>\nLocation: Harbour Centre, Room 1425<br \/>\nAdmission: Free<\/p>\n<p>For 25 years, the top end of False Creek, potentially one of the most beautiful and accessible parts of Vancouver, instead has been bare land traversed by two elevated roads. Is there an alternative to the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts that keeps traffic flowing? What is their impact on adjacent neighbourhoods?<\/p>\n<p>What might replace acres of asphalt parking lots and chain-link fences? Why haven&#8217;t existing plans been implemented for two decades? Is now the time for better solutions that include more public amenities?<\/p>\n<p>Starting the conversation are Vancouver City Councillor Geoff Meggs; Urban Designer and Crosstown resident Frank Ducote, and Shirley Chan, whose family led the 1960s fight to stop freeways from decimating Chinatown, Gastown and Strathcona. Then it&#8217;s your turn to ask questions, and share opinions and ideas. Spread the words!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>About City Conversations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Urban design. Culture and art. Planning and architecture. The environment, agriculture and food. Health. The economy and what drives it. Housing, neighbourhoods and special places. Transportation. Social issues. These are some of the topics of City Conversations, a new series of Thursday noontime meet-ups at Simon Fraser University\u2019s Vancouver campus.<\/p>\n<p>Bring your lunch, and settle in to listen to the most knowledgable people we can find on the most current topics affecting Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Whenever possible, we\u2019ll try to provide experts with contrasting views, to get the facts out front and the conversation rolling. Then ask your questions and present your opinions, so we all can learn from each other.<\/p>\n<p>Make it a habit to drop by the <strong><em>first and third Thursda<\/em><\/strong>y of each month. SFU\u2019s Vancouver campus is only 100 steps from Waterfront Station, the heart of the region\u2019s transit network. We start promptly at 12:30 PM, and end promptly at 1:30 PM, so you can get on with the rest of your day. No fees or registration, and just one favour: please unwrap your sandwich before the conversation starts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viaducts or Via-don&#8217;ts: The future of upper False Creek When: May 17, 2012 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Harbour Centre, Room 1425 Admission: Free For 25 years, the top end of False Creek, potentially one of the most beautiful and accessible parts of Vancouver, instead has been bare land traversed by two elevated roads. Is there<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/05\/10\/city-conversations-viaducts-or-via-donts-the-future-of-upper-false-creek\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;City Conversations &#8211; Viaducts or Via-don&#8217;ts: The future of upper False Creek&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[498,5215,7057,519,11611,8452,309,3250,767,1915,8454,8451,931,8455,8453,5886,214,1498,1919],"class_list":["post-9421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-chinatown","tag-councillor","tag-crosstown","tag-false-creek","tag-food","tag-frank-ducote","tag-gastown","tag-geoff-meggs","tag-georgia","tag-harbour-centre","tag-sfus-vancouver-campus","tag-shirley-chan","tag-simon-fraser-university","tag-simon-fraser-universitys-vancouver-campus","tag-transit-network","tag-urban-designer","tag-vancouver-2","tag-vancouver-city","tag-waterfront-station"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>City Conversations - Viaducts or Via-don&#039;ts: The future of upper False Creek - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/05\/10\/city-conversations-viaducts-or-via-donts-the-future-of-upper-false-creek\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City Conversations - Viaducts or Via-don&#039;ts: The future of upper False Creek - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Viaducts or Via-don&#8217;ts: The future of upper False Creek When: May 17, 2012 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Harbour Centre, Room 1425 Admission: Free For 25 years, the top end of False Creek, potentially one of the most beautiful and accessible parts of Vancouver, instead has been bare land traversed by two elevated roads. 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