1970s Burnaby Tower Partially Demolished For Redevelopment

Partial demolition is underway at “The Boot,” an iconic 21-story office building built in 1976 for BC Tel at the intersection of Boundary Road and Kingsway on the Burnaby side of the Vancouver-Burnaby border in British Columbia, Canada, Daily Hive reports. What’s going away is a 10-story parking podium fronting Boundary Road — the structure that formed the arch of the building’s boot-like appearance from Burnaby Road. Removal of the podium will reduce the building’s total floor area from 687,000 ft² to 512,000 ft², but more is on the horizon for the 6.6-acre property: five high-rise residential towers immediately adjacent to the existing office building. The office building’s boot-like appearance will be preserved on the south side, thanks to retention of the jutted terraces that front Kingsway.