Our letter to David Podmore

307—1683 Adanac Street
Vancouver, BC
V5L 2C7

August 24, 2011

Mr. David Podmore , Chair
BC Pavilion Corporation
Box 16, Suite 850
999 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
V6C 2W2

Dear Mr. Podmore :

I draw your attention to a magnificent new concert hall which is about to open in Montreal.

http://www. osm .ca/en/index_ nouvelles _ liste _detail. cfm ? NewsID =320

As conductor Kent Nagano says in the brief video, a concert hall “reflects the identity of the community.” Why not consider a similar facility for the provincial lands around BC Place in Vancouver?

Vancouver is sorely in need of new exciting and contemporary cultural venues—a concert hall, an opera house, a lyric theatre, etc. What a statement such a development would make to the world about our city!

We have already noted the significance of similar developments in Oslo, Valencia, Copenhagen, and Miami Beach. Why not add Vancouver to this list of progressive cities?

Sincerely yours,

Tom Durrie , executive director
Arts Advocacy British Columbia
www. artsadvocacybc .ca

Copies to:
Mr. Warren Buckley, President and CEO, BC Pavilion Corporation
Hon. Christy Clark, Premier
Hon. Ida Chong , Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development