Blog Posts tagged: parks
Embracing the Outdoors
When I was a child, I spent every moment I could outside. I played with insects, dug around the soil, and climbed rocks (I even naming a rock in my yard Mount Everest because it was a very big compared... Continue reading »
COMING SOON: Neighbourhood Park at Yukon & 17th
photos by Geoffrey Daniel, with material from Lehran Hache (Park Designer for Yukon & 17th) What does living in a city striving to be the “greenest” by 2020 mean? It means that really extraordinary things start happening that change the... Continue reading »
![[Oblique view of Vancouver and Fraser River looking north] Credit: City of Vancouver Archives; Reference code: AM54-S4-: LP 153.2; Date: June 5, 1948](https://vancouverpublicspace.ca/dev/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Marpole-Aerial-285x161.jpg)
VPSN comments on the Marpole Community Plan
On Wednesday April 2, City Council unanimously voted to approve the new Marpole Community Plan (MCP). This follows on the heels of the recent approval of the Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan and the West End Community Plan. As with these... Continue reading »
Vancouver Public Space Network celebrates PARK(ing) Day 2011 by reclaiming parking spaces for public use
(Vancouver, BC) September 16, 2011 — In cities around the globe today, artists, activists, and citizens will temporarily transform metered parking spaces into public parks and other social spaces, as part of an annual event called PARK(ing) Day. The Vancouver... Continue reading »
PARK(ing) Day 2011: “My Park Is _____”
If you could describe your local park in one word, what would it be? Quiet? Lush? Dirty? How would you describe Vancouver parks in general? Abundant? Innovative? Needs mowing? What does your park mean to you? Share your thoughts with... Continue reading »