Harbour Centre
Space Age tower with glass elevators climbing to a panoramic deck and revolving restaurant.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Harbour Centre in Vancouver opens on the tower's ribbon-cutting on August 13th, 1977, when Neil Armstrong flew in to press his boot into wet cement on the observation deck. It follows what happened to that footprint decades later during a renovation, and the conflicting stories about whether it was lost or quietly removed. You'll hear how fast the glass elevators climb the outside of the tower, and what waits at the top, one hundred sixty-eight meters above the street. Listen for the revolving restaurant a floor above the deck, completing a full turn every ninety minutes.
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