Controversial Gastown proposal reduced, by three feet

On the heels of the controversy over 105 Keefer in Vancouver’s Chinatown, the city has another hot potato on its hands in a heritage neighbourhood.
Last year, a proposal to redevelop the historic Stanley and New Fountain Hotels was rejected by the Gastown community.
The plan called for the Stanley and New Fountain to be demolished, except for their facades, and three new structures built in their place, with a mixture of social and market rental housing. One of the buildings woul