Dec252020, 3:35 pm CF Pacific Centre's north atrium, with the fountain pool and green wall waterfall. (Zeidler Architecture/Barry Freeman) Open and airy spaces are common features of contemporary mall design, but they are not exactly the traits that CF Pacific Centre is known to have today, like the grand indoor public areas of CF Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto and CF Rideau Centre in downtown Ottawa, or Place Montreal Trust, Complexe Les Ailes, and Montreal Eaton Centre in downtown Montreal. In these cities, indoor public spaces are a necessary feature to ensure social life in the public realm and brick-and-mortar retail can survive during the harsh winters. To a certain extent, this is also very true for Metro Vancouver’s dreary wet climate.