BC Centennial Fountain

Wanted! The Provincial government is looking for a home for several tons of black marble, currently residing in a Coquitlam storage facility. The marble is about 12 feet high and roughly six feet wide, and that’s all there is left from Vancouver’s Centennial fountain that first sat outside the former Vancouver courthouse in 1966. It… Continue reading Wanted! Home for Centennial Fountain Sculpture

In 2014, the Centennial fountain that sat outside the former Vancouver courthouse was removed after nearly half a century. It had been turned off the year before after a leak was found in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s storage area. While the new, sterile looking plaza hasn’t been wholeheartedly embraced, neither was the fountain when it… Continue reading Our Missing Heritage: The Centennial Fountain