This Week in History: 1949: Vancouver unveils plans for a 'super-auditorium' downtown

On Nov. 1, 1949 Vancouver Mayor Charles Thompson unveiled plans for a new civic centre downtown.
“(A) super-auditorium emerged from the dreamworld today in the form of concrete, ambitious plans for a six million dollar, block-square project in the heart of the downtown sector,” The Sun reported.
“Years of hope and months of planning crystallized in a joint announcement today by Mayor Charles Thompson and Hugh A. Martin, chairman and spearhead of the Civic Auditorium Committee.