Phase one of the Vancouver Cultural Precinct (VCP) feasibility study has been completed. The news was announced last week by the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society.
Twenty-six performing arts groups are working together to support the new performing arts facilities in Vancouver.
There are three preliminary site options, according to the release, and all needing further study. Sites include the current Queen Elizabeth Theatre site, Robson Square, and the new Vancouver Art Gallery site at Larwill Park in downtown Vancouver.
“I am so excited by the possibilities,” said Sarah Kirby-Yung, City of Vancouver council representative to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
“We have an incredible opportunity to create a cultural precinct in the heart of Downtown Vancouver, and to co-locate new performing arts facilities together with the envisioned new Vancouver Art Gallery. A cultural precinct would support unmet space needs for music and performing arts organizations, create a lasting cultural legacy that would help our arts sector thrive, support a vibrant city, boost the economy, help make Vancouver a performing arts destination, and provide incredible experiences for residents.”
“I can’t think of any other site better suited to expanding our city’s cultural district than Larwill Park – adjacent to the future art gallery, the Queen Elizabeth and the Playhouse, and at the crossroads of Vancouver’s most iconic neighbourhoods,” said councillor Peter Meiszner, council representative to the Vancouver Art Gallery in the news release.
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