Vancouver 2020: setting the standard for sport, sustainability and social legacy
Legacies for sport
Olympic Venues
Legacies for the city
Legacies for the people
From buildings created for events to small pieces of art, municipal affairs reporter Justin McElroy goes through every physical legacy of the Olympics that can still be seen a decade later.
The International Olympic Committee has uploaded a series of ‘Making of’ videos;
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— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) 8 november 2018
A series of articles by the IOC about the Olympic legacy in former Winter Olympic host cities:
Update 17/01/2014
Update 07/04/2014
Photo by Donald Miralle
The Olympic-triggered, $800 million Sea-to-Sky Highway widening made the drive to Whistler faster and smoother. Vancouver International Airport is only 26 minutes from downtown via the $1.9 billion Canada Line. Vancouver Convention Centre was expanded for $880 million to host major international conventions and it has the 2010 Winter Games cauldron as a decoration.
What about the Vancouver 2010 winter sport legacy?
More from metronews.ca:
During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the Richmond Oval hosted long track speed skating competitions and a variety of other events. Meet the architects and engineers behind the development of the Oval and their inspiration for choosing wood as the building material for this project.
This movie show the process behind the creation of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games identity and the pictograms.
