Newly renovated cathedral draws hundreds
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40368
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2017 February
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2017 February
- Volume
- 143
- Issue
- 2
- Page
- 9
- Notes
- "It was standing-room-only for some at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, as a celebration of the end of major building work November 17 [2016] drew nearly three times the number of people organizers expected. .... Organizers had planned for 300 people to attend the event, marking the end of the latest phase of a 20-year repair and renovation project, [Dean Peter] Elliott said, but 850 people showed up". "With a cost of $9 million ($1 million of which came from the B.C. government), the latest 18-month phase is one of the most important elements of the decades-long project, which has a total budget of $20 million. One of the main goals of the project, a 'seismic upgrade' meant to make the building more resistant to earthquake damage, is now complete". "The most recent phase also saw the construction of a new bell spire of stained glass, containing four bronze bells custom-cast in France -- to the knowledge of church officials, the only stained-glass bell spire in the world, Elliott said".
- Subjects
- Christ Church Cathedral (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Church buildings - Repair and reconstruction
- Stained glass - Anglican Church of Canada
- Bell towers - Canada
- Elliott, Peter G. (Peter Gordon), 1954-