84 - Friday. May 14, 1999 ~ North Shore News

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Deana Lancaster
News Reporter deana@usnews.com

NORTH Vancouver youth recently
covered 15th Street construction
hoarding with colourful pictures,
graffiti and “tagging.”

But instead of being reprimanded, they were
rewarded.

“We talked to the people ar The Legion
because we wanted fo show thar kids can do
good things ror the community” said Thomas
hanore of Bel-Tar Holdings, the developer
building the Legion Towers at 27 West PSth
St.

The building, a l6-story condominium --- of
S85 suites; 33 subsidized rentals and 52 strata --
had a social conscience before construction even
began. Its planning and development involved
al three levels of government, and the Royal

Canadian Legion. which Was previously located
onthe site. The Legion's offices and pub will be
housed in the new building.

Since the hoarding had to be painted any
ways, the developer and Legion members decid -
ed totum it inte a competition. Fifteen students
trom Carson Grahant, $1. “Thomas Aquinas and
Sutherland secondary schools spent about a
week anda half cach painting a panel around the
construction site. A fourth panel was painted in
the night by unknown artists.

“Allo them were very good,” said Ivanore.

‘The first. prize of a computer went to stu-
dents at Suthertand for their mural depicting the
lavers of the earth. Both Carson Graham and
STA won 5200.

The Legion Towers is slared for completion
in mid-December. From the seventh to the 16th
floors are ane- and two-bedream apartments
ranging in size from 56-70 square metres (600-
752 sq. feet). Prices start at $141,000.

All of the suites have been designed for
seniors who wish to “age in’ place,” which
means corridors and doorways are wider than
standard, thresholds are beveled and electrical
outlets and switches can be lowered. Even coun-

NEWS Photo Brad Ledwidge

STUDENTS from Sutherland, Carson Graham and St. Thomas Aquinas secondary schools recently painted the hoarding
around the construction site of The Legion on West 15th Street in North Vancouver as part of a contest sponsored by the

developer. The team from Sutherland won the first prize of a new computer.

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