Indoor and outdoor expansion of the library on two top floors previously used as provincial government offices.
Vancouver public library roof garden.
This will be a 40 000 sq.
It has taken more than 20 years but a publicly accessible rooftop garden is finally coming to the main branch of the vancouver public library on west georgia.
Ted chernecki has a sneak preview.
Initially leased to the provincial government the top two floors of the iconic central library building have been transformed into vibrant.
The vancouver public library central branch s new rooftop garden has been a very long time coming.
Vancouver public library s central branch will open its top two floors to the public on saturday unveiling a new rooftop garden meeting rooms and gallery space.
More than 20 years after the vancouver public library s central branch opened a rooftop garden is finally being unveiled.
Crowds gathered at the official opening of vancouver public library s vpl central expansion this morning taking in the exciting new spaces and rooftop views for the first time since the central library opened in 1995.
The entry to the garden is named in honour of phillips hager north investment management s ph n s fourth founding partner dick bradshaw.
It adds unique publicly accessible outdoor rooftop spaces with two large outdoor terraces on the north and south and an 8 000 sq.
When the 42 000 square foot 16 8 million renovation project was opened to the public at the end of september 2018 it was the realization of an architectural vision that dates back to the building s launch in 1995 as a place in the heart of the city for.
Twenty three years to be exact.
Vancouver s first public rooftop garden is named in honour of visionary city builders and philanthropists art phillips bob hager and rudy north.
After more than a year of construction the new rooftop garden on the rooftop of the central branch of vancouver public library vpl in downtown vancouver is set to open at the end of this month.
Garden where visitors can read a book work or use as a quiet retreat.