Vancouver Public Library Roof Garden

Vancouver public library s central branch will open its top two floors to the public on saturday unveiling a new rooftop garden meeting rooms and gallery space.

Vancouver public library roof garden. Initially leased to the provincial government the top two floors of the iconic central library building have been transformed into vibrant. Vancouver s first public rooftop garden is named in honour of visionary city builders and philanthropists art phillips bob hager and rudy north. More than 20 years after the vancouver public library s central branch opened a rooftop garden is finally being unveiled. The vancouver public library central branch s new rooftop garden has been a very long time coming.

Ted chernecki has a sneak preview. This will be a 40 000 sq. Garden where visitors can read a book work or use as a quiet retreat. Indoor and outdoor expansion of the library on two top floors previously used as provincial government offices.

The vancouver public library has spent 16 8 million to open the two two floors of central branch to the public and add a rooftop garden. The entry to the garden is named in honour of phillips hager north investment management s ph n s fourth founding partner dick bradshaw. Vancouver after being closed to the public for more than 20 years the top floors and rooftop of the central library in downtown vancouver have now been opened to the public. It has taken more than 20 years but a publicly accessible rooftop garden is finally coming to the main branch of the vancouver public library on west georgia.

It adds unique publicly accessible outdoor rooftop spaces with two large outdoor terraces on the north and south and an 8 000 sq. After more than a year of construction the new rooftop garden on the rooftop of the central branch of vancouver public library vpl in downtown vancouver is set to open at the end of this month. Twenty three years to be exact.