Olympic Village (Southeast False Creek)
Green-built waterfront neighbourhood of former Olympic athlete housing, now shops, parks and condos.
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This guide to Olympic Village in Vancouver opens with the mayor learning, in the fall of 2008, that the New York hedge fund financing the athletes' village for the 2010 Winter Olympics had walked away after the financial crisis hit. It follows how the city quietly stepped in with public money, what happened when the developer defaulted eight months after the closing ceremony, and who took control of the neighbourhood next. You'll hear how long it took the city to finally clear the debt. Stand among the towers and look for the green-building plaques near their entrances.
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