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By Deana Lancaster
Contributing Writer
NORTH Vancouver
City Council found
itself on the losing side
in a duel about design
at Monday night’s
miecting.

“Why are you here?” asked
a frustrated Coun. John
Braithwaite of Rob McCarthy,
senior vice-president of.
Polygon Development, after
lengthy discussion.

McCarthy said he’d come
to council: as a courtesy to
explain why the company had
altered the design of a devel-
opment already approved for
the south side of the 100-
block of East Ist Street in
Lower Lonsdale, on. b

¢ original design
‘Tera Pacific Architects for the
developer Chrisdale Homes,
had boxy brick and timber

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A development approved for the 100-biock ci Zast 1st
Sweat in Lower Lonsdale has changed face.

blocks facing cach other, their corrugated roofs arching up and

in and pausing dead centre.

Tt was approved by the city’s advisory design panel, who felt

the design was urban and drew

trial lands to the south.

upon influences

m the indus-

Following approval, Chrisdale sold the development to the

Polygon Group.
though the professionals at Polygon were in favor of the
use, density and massing of the project, they didn’t like the

design.

TUNNEL engineer Hans
_Bentzen died on Feb. 6.

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‘THE man who built the -

to replace the Lions Gate
Bridge died Feb. 6.

Engineer Hans Bentzen was
six weeks short of his 91st
birthday,

Mr. Bentzen was born and
raised in Denmark. He worked
on many projects during his
distinguished career in coun-
tries including South Africa,
Kenya, Uganda and Venezuela.

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According to McCarthy the
company did not think the
Griginal design would be pep-
ular with home buyers.

“They want to live in some-
thing that says ‘home’ and not
‘factory’,” he said.

But city council and staff
think the new design says “sub-
urbia,” which doesn’t reflect
the history of Lower Lonsdale
as an urban and industrial cen-
tre. It features the fake heritage
look so popular with develop-
ers of late, with pitched roofs,
cedar shingles and wood trim.

Braithwaite asked McCarthy
what Polygon would do if the
city asked it to build the first
design.

McCarthy paused.

“Our understanding is ... we
have the night to build (the
revised design).”

“Wit you change the design
at ai:” asked Braithwaite.

“No,” answered McCarthy.

Nor does he have to.

According to a staff report,
the city has “limited” ability
to compel an owner to build
in accordance with their
approved design plans.

The report added that “there
would be a very limited legal
basis” for the city to withhold a building permit.

While McCarthy insisted it was a flaw in the ci "s app
process that caused the problem, the councillors spoke of good-
will and trust between developers and the city

“Future developers have Polygon to (if we tighten the
guidelines),” said Coun. B: .

Council voted to express its disappointment with Polygon’s
decision, and will advise it that the current design is not consid-
ered appropriate. The city will also ask Polygon to consider

modifying the design.

visionary dies
after he managed the construc- Hans Bentzen & Associates
tion of the Massey Tunnel, — Lid.
Bentzen, at his own expense, Mr. Bentzen lived in
put forward a 81.2 billion tun- Jancouver, F He is survived by
nel proposel for the Burrard his wife, Virginia, sister
inlet Grethe Bentzen Moller.
Details of funeral service

The provincial government
arrangements: were unavailable

recently tumed down the tun-
nel crossing as being too
expensive, but Vancouver parks
officials support the idea
because it will have a minimal
impact on Stanley Park.
The tunnel proposal still
lives through the company,

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