Bloedel Conservatory
Triodetic glass dome of free-flying tropical birds and rainforest plants atop a former quarry summit.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver opens with the 2009 Park Board vote to close it for good, timed to slip past once the Winter Olympics ended, and the Friends of the Bloedel campaign that fought back with petitions, fundraising and years of budget hearings. It traces how that fight reshaped the conservatory's future and reaches back to 1969, when Prentice Bloedel's donated dome went up here in just ten days. Listen for what almost went dark before you look up at what stayed lit.
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