Opinion: Keefer Street proposal didn't materialize out of vacuum

The marathon public hearing for Chinatown’s Keefer Street proposal isn’t just about the project, it’s about the “turf.” The proposal is on a privately owned site, zoned to allow consideration of the proposal brought forward. 
I have been practising architecture for 60 years, largely in and out of Vancouver and have been immersed in aspects ranging from the whole of False Creek to Cathedral Place; the evolution of the old city into what has come to be known as G