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Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, a pioneer in the field of landscape architecture, whose outdoor designs are as ubiquitous as they are adored in her adopted home of Vancouver, died Saturday at the age of 99.
In a statement released Sunday, the City of Vancouver announced it has posthumously bestowed the Freedom of the City Award, the city’s highest honour, on Oberlander.
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“Cornelia Oberlander was one of Vancouver’s most renowned Jewish residents, and during Jewish Heritage Month this May, we honour her outstanding accomplishments in bringing world-class landscape design to Canada, and to Vancouver in particular,” Mayor Kennedy Stewart said in a release. “On behalf of council, I extend my deepest sympathies to her family and friends. May her memory be a blessing.”
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