Meet the interior designer bookending her career with projects at Royal Columbian Hospital

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One of Mary Chernoff's first projects as an interior designer was the Columbia Tower at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, which opened in 1992.

Now, nearing the end of her career, she’s just finished design work on the Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower, which opened for patients in May.