PARK ROYAL REVITALIZATION

Work on mall near completion

THE NEW construction at Park Royal's North and South

malls is nearing completion.

The project, worth approxi-
mately $23 million, dates back to
1990. Additions and reconfigura-
tions have tranformed Canada’s
oldest shopping mall into one of
its newest.

But several design-related issues
remain unresolved, At the Mon-
day, May t7, meeting of West
Vancouver District Council, coun-
cillors Rod Day and Andy
Danyliu of the Planning and Land
Use Committee decided to meet
with representatives of the West
Vancouver Advisory Design Panel
and mall owners Larco Invest-
inents to iron them oul.

Council considered Monday
whether canopies at the front of
the mall buildings should be made
of clear glass or colored vinyl,

Although Larco architect Al
Waisman felt that the colored
vinyl! added a richness to the
broad expanses of concrete and
glass, some members of the design
pane! thought the clear glass gave
amore sparkling effect.

Design panel chair Kark
Cystayon was concerned that a
“patchwork’’ of colored vinyl
would define the building facades,
if cach individual merchant was
permitted to insist on his or her
company’s traditional color or
personal favorite.

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WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

by Maureen Curtis

A cacophony of color is already
in evidence with the emergence of
burgundy, orange and navy design
elements.

Waisman felt that four colors
should be made availabie for mer-
chants to chose from.

The design panel, in its role as
watchdog over the tasteful and
understated ambience expected in
West Vancouver, has attempted to
be vigilant about colors, signs and
logos.

Larco, meanwhile, has been at-
tempting to bring Park Royal up
to date with less enyphasis on vis!
ble expanses of parking and more
emphasis on store fronts.

But many merchants are re-
questing permission to put up
corporate Jogo signs at the second
storey, where signs are not usually
allowed in West Vancouver.

Businesses are restricted to an
18-inch (46-crn) band at the top
of the first storey.

The design patci suggested that
logos be permitted if the materials
used were those already encor-

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porated into the mall revitaliza-
tion.

“These would be ‘‘ornaments’’
— from the street you really
wouldn’t be able to see them,”
said Waisinan,

He felt that the use of colored
viny! canopies and ornamental
loge. 3 could result in the correct
balance of similarities and mer-
chants expressing ‘‘who they are.”’

The mall upgrade features a
new pedestrian link between north
and south malls.

Oak trees will be planted along
Marine Drive in the fall.

Mayor Mark Suger expressed
some concerns about the new di-
rectional signage that is being
placed to assist people in
navigating the reconfigured
byways of the mall,

‘Lets’ make sure they don’t in-
terfere with site lines,’ Sager
said.

Jarco principal Shiraz Lalji
thanked municipal council and
staff for their cooperation and ef-
forts concerning the project.

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