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One of Vancouver’s historic imprints in the sky slowly came down Wednesday as construction crews began disassembling the Providence Academy’s smokestack brick by brick.
Vancouver-based environmental construction group 3 Kings Environmental Inc. has begun deconstructing the tower, which has stood for more than 112 years. The weakening structure’s neighboring laundry and boiler rooms also will come down.
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