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of
Prince
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stage
of
a
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dollar
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By
1985
a
convention
centre
has
been
added
The
ultimate
phase
of
the
citys
development
City
Architects
Model
Shows
the
Prince
George
of
the
Future
CENTRUM
MONORAIL
MALLS
AND
MONEY
by
JAN
UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Writer
From
the
towering
CN
Boilding
on
First
Avenue
to
the
Parkwood
Shopping
cen
centre
¬
tre
in
just
a
few
minutes
by
monorail
past
multi
storied
office
and
apartment
buildings
and
covered
shop
shopping
¬
ping
streets
that
is
Prince
George
While
no
one
can
really
say
when
this
will
be
Prince
George
it
is
the
ultimate
phase
of
Centrum
Prince
George
the
ambit
ious
plan
envisioned
by
the
Downtown
Business
Association
and
developed
by
architect
Des
Parker
The
ultimate
stage
may
be
as
many
as
50
years
away
but
look
what
we
have
ac
accomplished
¬
complished
In
the
last
50
years
Mr
Parker
says
Mr
Parker
suggests
that
this
job
be
done
in
four
phases
He
bases
his
pro
projections
¬
jections
on
the
estimated
growth
rate
of
the
popula
population
¬
tion
of
the
city
and
projects
this
figure
into
what
the
people
will
need
The
area
covered
by
Centrum
ranges
from
Queensway
to
Vancouver
St
and
from
First
Avenue
to
Connaught
Hill
The
name
Centrum
is
an
adaptation
of
a
similar
development
in
Stockholm
Sweden
and
ulti
ultimately
¬
mately
will
blend
the
past
present
and
future
into
an
architecturally
acceptable
whole
Centrum
begins
with
the
existing
conditions
of
1066
and
the
first
phase
should
be
completed
by
1975
By
that
time
Prince
George
should
have
an
esti
mated
trading
population
of
60000
people
The
second
phase
ends
in
1985
when
the
populations
numbers
95000
the
third
phase
sees
140
000
people
here
and
by
the
time
the
ultimate
phase
is
reached
this
number
will
have
grown
further
What
do
the
plans
entail
Covered
shopping
mails
open
only
to
pedestrian
traf
fic
on
a
two
storey
level
adequate
parking
within
easy
walking
distance
high
rise
office
and
apartment
build
buildings
¬
ings
and
a
large
business
section
The
shopping
mall
will
be
Third
Avenue
where
part
of
the
canopies
needed
have
already
been
erected
by
Northern
Hardware
CoThis
is
planned
to
be
attached
to
all
buildings
along
the
street
Traffic
will
be
routed
through
several
main
arter
arteries
¬
ies
based
on
the
study
by
Dr
V
S
Pendakuri
This
will
speed
traffic
and
should
avoid
snarls
Third
Avenue
will
be
completely
closed
Canopies
and
later
a
roof
will
enclose
the
mall
which
also
will
extend
to
the
length
of
Quebec
St
This
will
be
the
coreareaforthe
shop
shopper
¬
per
Quebec
St
will
also
be
by
the
track
for
the
elevated
monorail
which
will
afford
the
shopper
that
he
is
never
far
from
his
car
which
will
have
to
be
left
either
at
one
of
the
many
parkades
or
at
one
of
the
planned
under
underground
¬
ground
parking
spaces
Most
fascinating
is
the
planfor
a
convention
centre
in
the
vicinity
of
the
Inn
of
the
North
An
elevated
platform
will
be
the
basis
for
this
plan
which
will
see
the
disap
disappearance
¬
pearance
of
the
present
ball
fields
and
empty
spaces
be
between
¬
tween
the
Civic
Centre
Coliseum
and
the
Ian
Mr
Parker
plans
to
build
2600
people
The
underground
part
will
be
used
for
park
parking
¬
ing
Does
the
relocation
of
the
ball
fields
mean
an
end
to
recreation
Recreation
facilities
of
this
type
have
no
place
in
the
downtown
business
sec
section
¬
tion
They
will
be
relocated
to
be
closer
to
residential
Photos
show
Third
Avenue
as
a
shopping
mall
At
right
Is
a
closeup
of
one
section
sections
of
town
Mr
Park
Parker
¬
er
said
The
monorail
a
la
Seattle
will
give
the
shopper
as
well
as
the
downtown
worker
a
means
of
fast
transportation
without
having
to
bring
the
car
along
Since
the
plans
railway
this
would
cut
down
again
on
the
traffic
density
and
give
fast
and
safe
trans
transportation
¬
portation
The
shopping
mall
is
de
designed
¬
signed
to
make
trips
to
the
Centrum
more
enjoyable
and
easier
Winter
shopping
should
get
a
boost
because
of
the
enclosure
and
the
infra
infrared
¬
red
heating
system
Although
no
total
costs
have
been
estimated
Mr
Parker
feels
financing
of
the
plans
can
be
done
on
the
local
Improvement
basis
In
the
end
the
plan
will
repre
represent
¬
sent
a
multi
million
scheme
Centrum
will
prevent
Prince
George
from
having
to
spread
out
It
will
give
all
facilities
of
modern
liv
living
¬
ing
right
in
the
heart
of
the
city
Hlghrise
apartments
will
be
adjacent
to
office
buildings
and
sometimes
even
atop
of
business
prem
premises
¬
ises
Mr
Parker
feels
this
will
bring
the
population
closer
to
its
environment
make
it
more
part
of
it
To
demonstrate
the
de
development
¬
velopment
Mr
Parker
and
his
staff
have
prepared
the
model
which
was
unveiled
Monday
It
represented
the
ultimate
stage
of
Centrum
Photo
Photographs
¬
graphs
available
and
taken
during
the
construction
of
the
scale
model
clearly
in
indicate
¬
dicate
the
growth