Environment

Queen Elizabeth Park Gets the Axe

by mtippett | May 27, 2008 at 09:06 am | 273 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations

Miss 604 is not happy about what is happening to our parks.

The latest news this morning has finally tipped me over the edge: “Queen Elizabeth Park is right up there on the list of important, local tourist attractions. It’s also one of the region’s most spectacular green spaces. The great park could soon lose a number of its precious trees. As many as 70 trees could be axed, and all so you can enjoy the city skyline a little better. In the last few years, the clear view of downtown from Queen Elizabeth Park’s highest point has become obstructed by trees.” [News1130]

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eastvanray

at 13:19 on May 27th, 2008

This isn't a nature preserve. It is a park. And not just any park but a park that people come to for the view. Cut down as many trees as is necessary to preserve the views. Nobody gets upset that we plant all sorts of non-native plants or that we cut the lawn...but trees, God forbid we cut down some trees. What have we become in Vancouver? People that can't see the forest for the trees.