[vangirl3]

Great post Mr. X, but please... don't move Playland!

Playland is such an iconic attraction. Urbanizing it would get rid of its gritty, dated flavour. It just wouldn't be the same without the bad carnies, the scratchy PA, the smell of hay and horse dung, the 70's classic rock, the wooden roller coaster etc. It's such a testament to a different time and place...

Also, no zoo. We can watch animals in the wild in 3D...let's not capture them. Although, a sanctuary for rescued animals might be a good thing.

I like most of your other suggestions... here's some things that I'd like to see:

-an urban farm in Stanley Park and/or urban farms tended by kids on school lands
-a boxwood maze a la Hampton Court, but more challenging, in either Stanley Park of QE Park
-Trout Lake tarted up so it's like a classic European park (Luxembourg Gardens?)
-would love a classic kids carousel somewhere along the seawall or at Trout Lake
-musical and outdoor theatre events geared to parks on the skytrain system (QE, Trout Lake, Burnaby Lake)

In fact, I'd love it if the entire seawall was strategically peppered with things to do (carousel, mini golf, climbing wall). The idea would be that you bike, walk, run and periodically you can stop and do something fun.