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Figure we need a new thread for this, not just General Discussion. Anyways:

Vancouver park board eyes planning Queen Elizabeth Park's future

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The Vancouver park board will consider developing a master plan for Queen Elizabeth Park.

The major public space, known for its mountain views and gardens, hasn’t changed much in decades, even as the surrounding Cambie Corridor area has experienced an explosion of townhouse and condo construction, and there will be more population growth in years ahead.

City staff are asking park board chair and commissioners to consider putting together a team that would, starting in mid-2020, begin talking to the public and outline future needs of the park.

In a letter to the park board for its meeting next week, board general manager Malcolm Bromley wrote about “significant changes to the Cambie Corridor, including the opening of the Canada Line in 2009 and the subsequent rezoning and densification of surrounding neighbourhoods.

“The majority of new and anticipated development around Queen Elizabeth Park consists of multi-unit residential buildings with little or no access to their own outdoor spaces,” he said.

Queen Elizabeth Park “needs to adapt and respond to an ever-changing context and consider how it will serve a rapidly growing neighbourhood of new and local park users.”

“I think it’s a great idea. The park has developed in sections over time,” said park board commissioner John Coupar, who has long been involved with the park’s Bloedel Conservatory. “I think there’s a lot to think about. There’s no children’s playground, for example, which is a little odd.....”

Also, the Smithe & Richards Park has started construction.