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Douglas Todd: Vancouver’s downtown waterfront could use an adventurous rethink. Not another oversized tower Opinion: Greater Toronto is in the midst of a visionary recreation of its downtown waterfront. How about Vancouver?

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Douglas Todd: Vancouver’s downtown waterfront could use an adventurous rethink. Not another oversized tower

Opinion: Greater Toronto is in the midst of a visionary recreation of its downtown waterfront. How about Vancouver?

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It costs $11.50 to park your car for half-an-hour on this small, uninviting slab of pavement on downtown Vancouver’s waterfront.

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But hosting a few dozen parking spots is, to say the least, a waste of this ultra-prime piece of property, located east of the........

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