| Concord Pacific is an
entirely new neighbourhood. It is built on lands used by Expo 86, which in turn were built
on former railyards. Like Concord, Vancouver often seems surreal. It has too many glass
condo towers floating above the water, above gap-toothed streets. Douglas Coupland once
said about his town, "We live, not so much in a city but in a dream of a city."
Maybe he was right; Vancouver is a city without a history. It has no sense of self, but on
the other hand, it has no chains to prevent it from going where no other city has gone
before. |
