The Salient Group

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The Salient Group is proud to be a Platinum sponsor at Pecha Kucha Night at the Park Theatre on Cambie Street this Thursday evening.

Pecha Kucha Night Volume 5
The Park Theatre
3440 Cambie Street
Thursday, March 26th

Door: 6:30PM
Start: 7:00PM
Admission: $10

Limited seating. Please buy your tickets online.

www.festivalcinemas.ca or The Park Theatre box office at 604.709.3456.

To learn more about Pecha Kucha, see their site.
www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/vancouver

Robert has spoke at a past Pecha Kucha event – you see that here.

Architects Acton Ostry, were just awarded a Heritage Honour Award by the City of Vancouver’s Heritage Commission for their work on The Flack Block.

Continue reading “Flack Block: Acton Ostry – Restoration Project Receives Heritage Honour Award” »

Below is an excerpt from Joel’s post:

Tides Renewal Centre Springs to Life
by Joel Solomon on January 26, 2009

The Tides Renewal Centre is springing to life. The exquisite renovation of the Flack Block by Robert Fung and Salient Group stands kitty corner from Victory Square on the Cambie and Hastings adjacent to the Woodward’s redevelopment.

This intersection was once the centre of the City. Victory Square was the original site of the Courthouse – across from it rose the Flack Block in 1898, one of the largest and most elaborate buildings in the city at the time. (Yes, the Dominion Building was a late comer to the ‘hood).  The location alone ensured it would become a local landmark. The Klondike gold rush spurred a building boom in the 1890’s on Hastings Street, as Vancouver was one of the main supply centres for those heading to the gold fields. For decades afterward, Hastings Street remained the central shopping district in Vancouver. Continue reading “Flack Block: Tides Renewal Centre Springs to Life” »