Re: “Instant town seeks a centre,” June 10.
This article is about the ongoing development at Boundary Road and Marine Way. When I started reading it, I thought this was going to be some hard-hitting journalism about problems with this area. For example:
- as part of preparation for this development, hundreds, if not thousands, of trees were removed, in seeming contradiction to everything “green” that Vancouver city hall stands for.
- the area is built on alluvial land, so if there is an earthquake or resulting tidal wave, people living this area can kiss their homes, if not their lives, goodbye.
- public transportation is available only on the east side and to the north, and is very limited, especially for a proposed community of 17,000 people
The article does talk about how commercial merchants seem hesitant so far to set up shop in this area, but this is in contradiction to various birds-eye views of the development that you can find by Googling, which suggest there originally were lots of stores and other facilities going to be part of the “plan.”
Overall, this article (and the accompanying one about Marpole) are just puff pieces. Next time if you want to print such drivel, why don’t you put the word “Advertisement”at the top?
Mike Quigley, Vancouver
