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#25: Quilchena Park

In 2010, Vancouver Sun columnist Barbara Yaffe wrote that “Quilchena is a park that’s green and clean and screams Vancouver”, and that’s pretty much its appeal in a nutshell.

#157: Arbutus Village Park

Few parks in the city have a slow-moving and developer-heavy origin story quite like Arbutus Village Park.

#172: Ravine Park

A simple yet somewhat secret park in the middle of the city, Ravine Park sneaks along three blocks between Yew and Arbutus from 36th to 33rd Avenue, and delivers a walk through a simple ravine.

#238: Park Site on Trafalgar

It has existed there since at least 1973, and is no doubt enjoyed by people living immediately next to it, but serves no further purpose.

#239: Minipark @ Gilford & Haro

Even the most average parks provide some benefits.

#239: Park Site on Blenheim

Any sense of mysterious wonder that the park could attain, as perhaps a mysterious forested area in the middle of the city, is mitigated by being surrounded by two very large homes.

#241: Eburne Park

Named for one of the first European settlers in what’s now known as Marpole, Eburne Park is most mediocre fully-formed park in the City of Vancouver.

#242: Park Site on Puget Drive

This is really just a tiny trail, awkwardly crammed between two private properties, giving one the feel of sneaking through someone’s backyard to get to a different destination.

#243: Park Site on Quesnel Drive

The Park Board uses the term “Park Site” for pieces of small pieces of land they oversee, but aren’t fully-formed parks, and this is the worst — an overgrown, weedy, traffic median with a couple trees and flowers comprising the smallest attempt possible to make it hospitable to humans.

Rating Every Park In Vancouver: #10-1

#10: Sunset Beach “Beaches in Vancouver aren’t eye-pleasant, this one is no exception.” (Note: we’re using one-star reviews on Google for all of the top 10 parks in this section) #2 in West End 1204 Beach Avenue For Kids C For Adults A+ Design A Atmosphere A Final Score 32.10 Nobody: This Website: Let’s talkContinue reading “Rating Every Park In Vancouver: #10-1”