The facility opened to the public on Friday at Smithe and Richards Streets in Yaletown. It is the first new park in the core of the city center for 10 years and makes creative use of the land of 0.8 acres. “One of the design challenges, and I think we’ve done a fantastic job, is to take a small space and make it feel a lot bigger than it is,” said Alexander Vancouver Park Board project manager Alexander Man-Bourdon, in Global News.
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The result, he said, is a “mini-large” park. Among its unique design elements are the play areas with a three-storey game tower, the climbing frames and the hammocks. The story goes on under the ad It also has a public toilet, seating areas, a multi-dimensional corridor and art facilities. From May, it will also include a café run by local Kafka’s local cafe with a green roof. Trending Stories
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The city estimates that more than 27,000 people live or work within a five-minute walk of the park. The park will have an official name given by the first nations Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh at a ceremony in June. The facility was projected to cost $ 13.8 million, but the final bill was $ 15.2 million due to the challenges posed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vancouver City The story goes on under the ad © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
