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Change was in the air in January, 1946.
“The adage ‘New times demand new measures and new men’ was never more apt than at present,” wrote urban planner Russell H. Riley in a report on Vancouver’s The Downtown Business District.
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“The post-war years will witness many significant changes in urban life, in transportation, in building construction, and in many of our individual habits and activities.”
The Vancouver Sun reported on Riley’s plan for downtown on Jan. 23, 1946. The “many significant changes” he recommended were startling.