Canada Place
Sail-roofed waterfront convention centre and cruise terminal built as a world fair's Canadian pavilion.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Canada Place in Vancouver opens on March 9, 1983, when Queen Elizabeth II poured the first bucket of concrete for the sail-shaped structure rising over this old Canadian Pacific Railway pier. It traces the design choice to wrap the whole building in fabric peaks meant to read, from the water, as a ship under full sail, and the building's opening as Canada's pavilion for Expo 86. Look up at the sails and notice they aren't decoration bolted onto an ordinary building.
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