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Originally Posted by mistercorporate
Vancouver:
1) Stanley Park
2) Rec Beach
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Banff:
1) Never been, but I'd imagine it has the same effect as the place above.
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Rec Beach is literally nowhere near downtown Vancouver. It's like a 25 minute drive plus a 20 minute walk. Totally dope place though, just most definitely can't be included as a downtown park, like at all. Perhaps you mean English Bay?
Banff has a beautiful downtown park - called Central Park - on the Bow River. Sandwiched between the old downtown and the old Parks Administration Building, next to the Bow River Bridge.
Unfortunately no good photos of the park online.
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Prince's Island Park is easily Calgary's most popular park, being located right downtown at Chinatown and Eau Claire. The eastern end of the park is a natural wetland/lagoon that recently just finished a restoration after significant habitat damage was done by the Great Flood of 2013. The western end of the park is steps from the iconic Peace Bridge and Delta Garden. The central areas play host to a ton of festivals throughout the year, including the Folk Festival, and the
Party in the Park festivities after the LGBT Pride Parade every September. The branch of the river between the island and downtown is turned into a skating rink every winter.
https://revitalization.org/article/c.../#.XCRkT89KifU
By SurrealPlaces on SRC :
https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/fo....24520/page-21
https://www.markfolstad.ca/MyPhotogr...s-Island-Park/
St. Patrick's Island Park is another gem of the city, and recently underwent a $50-million revitalization. Back in the 50s, three islands were joined to create St. Patrick's Island and St. George's Island, the former becoming a campground, and the latter the Calgary Zoo. After the campground closed, the area became a cruising spot for gay men and a generally overgrown space for decades. After the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation took over the revitalization of the East Village, they renaturalized the island, restoring the river breach between the two halves, installing a pebble beach, and creating multiple different programmable areas within the park. It is without a doubt my personal favourite public space in the city.
https://www.evexperience.com/patrick-island/
https://www.evexperience.com/patrick-island/
https://www.evexperience.com/patrick-island/
https://www.evexperience.com/patrick-island/
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Harley Hotchkiss Gardens in the centre of the Central Business District is a little green oases in the middle of the jungle of glass that is downtown Calgary. The park was recently revitalized when the Calgary Consolidated Courthouse Tower (the largest courthouse in North America) was built.
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A nice little gem that not many outsiders get to see is
McDougall Park, snuggled into the northwestern corner of the Central Business District. The McDougall Centre, in the middle of the park, is a very important facility for the government of Alberta, as members of the southern part of the legislature will meet there to discuss matters if not required to be in Edmonton.
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And finally,
Central Memorial Park in Calgary's Beltline. Established in 1889, it was the first municipal park in what is now Alberta, and host to one of the first public library branches in the province. The space is little slice of Victorian Britain in the heart of Calgary, and was named a national historic site this past summer.
http://www.playoutsideguide.com/2018...wer-walks.html
http://www.fatproject.ca/page/16/
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