What does $590,000, modern urban design principles and copious references to a city’s diverse background get you?
Sometimes, just a weirdly unsatisfying modernist park.
Tag Archives: Vancouver parks
#228: Thunderbird Park
With so many parks in the city, it’s inevitable that some of them will need more TLC than others, but it’s particularly noticeable at Thunderbird Park, where exposed rust permeates through the 1980s play structure
#229: Minipark @ Broughton & Nelson
There was originally a plan for swings and climbing bars at this park — but “the committee decided to abandon plans … after area residents protested that it would create unnecessary noise and attract too many children to the site.”
#230: Minipark @ Bute & Haro
This one goes by The Beaconsfield, a 1909 structure that was “one of the first large apartment blocks to be built in the West End”, according to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, and still providing an imposing brick facade to this day.
#231: Rosemont Park
Why the area is a separate park seems to be somewhat of a mystery, perhaps designated as such because it links Fraserview Golf Course with Champlain Heights Park, but no matter: it’s a nice walk amongst the trees.
#232: Minipark @ Chilco & Comox
It is hard to make the case that one should “visit” any of the miniparks, but they are pleasant enough for the neighbourhood.
#234: Minipark @ Nicola & Pendrell
#232: Minipark @ Nicola & Pendrell
#235: Yaletown Park
One has so many questions when visiting Yaletown Park. Most of them begin with “why?”
#236: Foster Park
Once upon a time, this small park had an old wooden playground to entice families, but now it’s just a small lawn with no amenities, functioning more as a bike path along Foster Avenue than anything else.
#237: Pocket Park
Much of the the city’s Olympic Village is well designed and eagerly celebrated, but there are two pieces of land overseen by the Park Board that are barely parks and hard to spot unless you live in the area.
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