Proposed public art sculpture along Vancouver s False Creek draws criticism from some residents
For some residents on the southern edge of Vancouver s False Creek, a proposed 7.8-metre-tall sculpture, to be installed temporarily amid manicured lawns and waterfront residences, is a blemish.
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A statue of a blue boy holding a shark atop a lighthouse-like pedestal is slated to be placed along Vancouver’s waterfront at Stamps Landing at the end of June, unless neighbours have something to do with it.
Boy Holding a Shark is 7.8 metres high or about 2.5 storeys and depicts a blue-green boy holding a shark. It’s estimated to weigh 1,200 kilograms, the equivalent of a compact car. Natalie Wilson lives on the second storey of the condo building which looks northeast onto the site of proposed sculpture. Wilson said her concern isn’t with the art, but with its location and size, which will obstruct her views. “I think the size of it is huge,” she said. “I think we’re fortunate that we get to have art coming from all around the world. I don’t have an objection to the art itself.”
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In 2000 New Zealand hosted 30,000 visitors from China, and that had increased more than tenfold by the time the pandemic saw them shut out a year ago.
Hamiltonian Sherry Zhen has switched from guiding Chinese visitors to selling houses, closing her small tourism business for the foreseeable future. February 3 marks the first anniversary of New Zealand closing its borders to tourists from China, and the days of hosting groups of Chinese Amway staff or small private tours of a Cambridge Alpaca farm are long gone for Zhen, who got her real estate licence in July. Pre-pandemic, China was our second largest-tourism market after Australia and spending by 390,000 Chinese visitors in 2019 hit $1.7 billion.