An open house was held in Vancouver Tuesday night on the future of the iconic Empire Landmark Hotel in the downtown core.
The 42-storey hotel on Robson Street would, if the application is approved, be torn down, Global News learned last month.
A developer is awaiting approval from the Development Permit board on its application to develop 28- and 30-storey mixed-use buildings at the site of the hotel.
The proposal being put forward includes the tearing down of the hotel in order to construct a podium and the two towers.
But the big question now is how the building will come down.
The developers say a decision still hasn’t been made as to whether the existing tower, originally built in 1973, will be taken apart or imploded.
Building implosions are rare in Vancouver, but there have been several high-profile demolitions.
The Georgia Medical-Dental Building came crashing down in 1989, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.
And in 2006, the old Woodward’s Building was imploded in the Downtown Eastside.
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