Viaducts gone!
Let's realize the dream of our anti-freeway heroes of yesterday with a bold new strategy of parks and public places. Showcasing history and sustainability, let's reconnect eastside neighbourhoods and Downtown to False Creek with upper and lower green spaces, museums, monuments and elegant boulevards. Let's repair urban rhythms without impacting traffic, with great improvements for nature, recreation, non-motorized movement, views and living. Why wait ? let's do this now!
-Let's secure 26 acres of green space: 16 acres Creekside Park; 3 acres Skyline Park; 7 acres Eastside Park
-Let's maintain the capacity for the mixed-use energy of housing, offices and retail.
People & history
-Creation of Downtown Eastside Commemorative Park east of Main.
-Awareness of, respect for residents of Downtown Eastside, Chinatown, Gastown, Strathcona - community history honoured with inclusive facilities and tributes.
-Honouring citizens who stopped the freeway, leading to "Vancouverism" and Vancouver's potential as greenest city.
-Bold public art commemorating First Nations, industrial & unemployed "hobo" workers, history of founding areas and Hogan's Alley.
-Quebec Street localized, calmed, humanized with 2-way traffic, streetcar along west side & bikeway.
-New Vancouver Museum on Main Street, near original townsite.
-Skateboard Park remains, Dragon Boat facility added.
Nature +
-Blanket of green space more than twice as much as previously proposed.
-Additional water & waterfront - return of salmon streams - new community swimming pool.
-High profile site for major First Nations Pavilion - walkable green roof & canoe carving shed.
Connectivity +
-"Spaghetti" street system replaced with efficient traffic grid ? essential capacities and routings maintained.
-Expo Boulevard closed under apron of big stadium ? new expanded loading and marshalling areas for stadium, enhanced utility access from south.
-Pacific Boulevard becomes grand, 2-way street with streetcar, full bikeway, spacious sidewalks, multiple rows of trees.
-Georgia Street flows gently to False Creek ? for cars and bikes ? with magnificent pedestrian stairway.
-Georgia Street begins with water & fountain at False Creek, ends with water & fountain at Lost Lagoon.
-Parts of viaduct re-structured to create Skyline Park wrapping around arena pedestrian exiting fully maintained.
-New podium park system with wonderful overviews of False Creek.
-Enhanced public transit: SkyTrain elevation raised for continuity of parks and streets below, better transit rider views above.
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