Opinion: Vancouver gets a new town square

Vancouver is finally getting the central square it deserves and has long lacked.
The plaza between the Vancouver Art Gallery and Georgia Street has been under construction for almost a year. However, planning for this key public space, which had deteriorated into a clutter of crumbling elements and bark-mulch ground cover, has been ongoing for several years.
When it’s fully completed, Vancouver will get its first truly urban square in many decades (not counting Jack Poole Plaza which, bein