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Gerald Sutton-Brown (1911–1985) was the first chief planner of
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(1952–1959) and commissioner with the Board of Administration from 1960–1973. He influenced the trajectory of
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's development at a critical time. His legacy includes the West End, increased density throughout the city and the walkways outside of
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like
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and English Bay. He was instrumental in building the Queen Elizabeth Theater and founding the
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. His approach blended the UK's discretionary with the US's regulatory systems of development controls. He was fired in 1973 by the
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City Council, a decision which was opposed by the NPA and
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councillors. Some regarded Sutton-Brown as the most powerful person in City Hall. Born and raised in
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and educated at the
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, Sutton-Brown served as the county planning officer for the County of Lancashire, the second largest county in the UK, which includes the cities of
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and
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. After authoring the Preliminary Development Plan for Lancashire in July 1951, he was recruited to Vancouver and began work in October 1952. He died in 1985 in California.


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Municipal government of Vancouver Jamaican emigrants to Canada 1985 deaths Alumni of the University of Southampton 1911 births {{Vancouver-stub