Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Vancouver Olympics. No pain, no gain?


Public events during the imminent Vancouver Olympic Games will include free entertainment, large screen live coverage, family food and drink at two downtown locations. One is a disused parking lot owned by the city. Unfortunately, the other is one of the most important urban green spaces in Vancouver. David Lam Park, in the Yaletown-False Creek neighbourhood, has been closed for conversion into a so-called LiveCity Olympic venue.



Security cameras are up. Construction fences have walled off adjacent children's play grounds, public tennis courts, gardens, benches etc. Workers are laying paving bricks over acres of the former lawns to create this Olympic plaza. According to this signboard, it will be almost eight months in total before the park is returned to the citizens of Vancouver.


1 comment:

  1. Hi there, this information is really interesting, and I'd love to use some of your images on my own blog, i'm currently writing an article about the changes in Vancouver over the last month or so! I'll give you full credit to them if that's cool with you!

    Please let me know!
    Nick
    nick.lenko@gmail.com

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