The Metropolis Centre Motor Lodge is an oddity in East Vancouver.  Positioned on Main Avenue near Fifth Avenue, the brightly-coloured, lowrise motel was constructed in the 1950s. Just lately marketed to a developer, the web-site is now becoming supplied one past hurrah as studio house for local artists before the making is likely torn down to make way for condominiums. The idea arrives from the head of David Duprey of The Slender Group — a regionally-owned East Vancouver group behind these kinds of space bars and restaurants as The Slim and Uncle Abes. Duprey has also dedicated a ton of time to generating artist workspaces in vacant properties.  He began his quest to assistance artists about…