Plans are well underway to replace the treasured Vancouver Art Gallery with yet another condo building. The citizens of Vancouver need to step in to save our gallery!

An Australian developer has plans to remodel the gallery into a condo tower for the rich, right in the heart of our city. The gentrification of our downtown and the slow conversion of the city into a playground for the rich at the expense of everyone else has gone far enough.

We’ve watched landmark after landmark get torn down to make room for glass and steel towers, while the city has become the least affordable in North America. The new development will take that trend to a new extreme, actually taking away public space and beloved works of art so they can be put in private hands.

It’s been a long time coming, ever since city councillor Geoff Meggs proposed the move back in 2011(http://bit.ly/1Sl04YI). “Condo King” Bob Rennie then supported the idea (http://bit.ly/1SPsncE). Now, it appears the idea to ditch the gallery is going ahead, and it's going to be turned into giant monstrosity called the Canvas at Georgia (http://bit.ly/1gsUPVg).

The art gallery must be given a chance to be saved. So far the developer hasn’t budged or agreed to negotiate on a new lease.

Write to your city councillor, and spread the word: this development must not go ahead.