The
Nurses Are Back!
 Eleven
feet high, modeled in terra cotta and dressed in
First World War uniforms, the three "Sisters of
Mercy" now mounted on the fifth floor of the Technology
Enterprise Facility III building at the University
of British Columbia were salvaged from the Medical
- Dental Building at 925 West Georgia Street when
it was demolished in 1989. Opened in 1929, the Medical
- Dental Building was Vancouver's first comprehensive
private sector medical facility, complete with its
own operating room. It was the first pure Art Deco
style structure in British Columbia, encrusted with
terra cotta figures of medical, religious and mythological
symbolism. A Vancouver landmark, it was the focus
of an intense public preservation campaign. Although
the battle to save the building was lost, Discovery
Parks purchased and restored the salvaged terra
cotta figures, with proceeds used to benefit the
Vancouver Heritage Foundation.
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