We looked at London and Boston and New York.

The Vancouver Art Gallery is one of our leading cultural institutions. We want them in a high-profile site downtown, somewhere close to Georgia Street.

Make sure you are absolutely clear about what kind of place you want. Otherwise, the consumer won’t come, and it won’t work.

It’s a treasured heritage building and landmark for the city, so it’s important that we get something in there. But first and foremost we have to come to a conclusion about a destination for the...