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Arbor Love
POSTED July 9, 2009 BY May Globus
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Everyone knows this West End rooftop patio — and probably wishes they had unlimited access to it.
This patio and its tree are kind of a Vancouver institution, and the tale that goes along with it is pretty tall. As local folklore goes, the architect who conceptualized the building was hooked on heroin, thus explaining why the front of it looks like a giant syringe (round on top, long and straight in the body before coming to a triangular point).
Here’s another angle for your viewing pleasure, taken from the grass patch across the street, looking up at a single tree above many trees.
July 9th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Not only does the folklore around the design run deep but the rumors of who lives there are possibly more ‘mythical’. Brian Adams, Leonard Nimoy, David Suzuki (I know this is false for sure), I could go on…
July 9th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
these are the tales i heard …. that it was Christopher Reeves house , and that the spiral cone shape this is for the root of the tree that will eventually reach the ground ….hmmmm … what the the real deal ? best be googlin i guess
July 9th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
http://www.treecaretips.org/Pruning/TCI0308_p50.htm
July 9th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Awesome link, Craig…you obviously have killer Googling skills…I didn’t even come close to finding that site! Thanks for finding it!!
July 9th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
i heard it was john travolta’s….
July 10th, 2009 at 3:04 am
i’m pretty sure the myth is that the architects cousin,brother or uncle (yknow what i mean) was a heroin addict and died…
July 12th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
wow, this is why i love this site! all the little tidbits about vancouver that i love!
July 13th, 2009 at 9:56 am
I’ve always thought this was the coolest condo in Vancouver. They keep building bigger, taller ones, but it must have an amazing view, and it has a tree!
Trees on buildings is becoming more common, I wonder if they’ll last 100 or 400 years. I don’t think people design buildings to last that long…
July 15th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
hmm, i heard this place belonged to Jim Patterson. He had it made just so he had a place to watch the fireworks every summer.
just something i heard though. :P