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.
Vancouver public library roof garden.
Vpl has announced that the massive new garden and library space expansion built at a cost of 15 5 million will be open to the public beginning at 10 am on saturday september 29.
Indoor and outdoor expansion of the library on two top floors previously used as provincial government offices.
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.
The entry to the garden is named in honour of phillips hager north investment management s ph n s fourth founding partner dick bradshaw.
This will be a 40 000 sq.
Ted chernecki has a sneak preview.
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.
More than 20 years after the vancouver public library s central branch opened a rooftop garden is finally being unveiled.
Vancouver s first public rooftop garden is named in honour of visionary city builders and philanthropists art phillips bob hager and rudy north.
Twenty three years to be exact.
It adds unique publicly accessible outdoor rooftop spaces with two large outdoor terraces on the north and south and an 8 000 sq.
The vancouver public library has spent 16 8 million to open the two two floors of central branch to the public and add a rooftop garden.
Garden where visitors can read a book work or use as a quiet retreat.
Initially leased to the provincial government the top two floors of the iconic central library building have been transformed into vibrant.
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.