OMG ! Another Greenway??
I’ve seen this place (which I presume was once a section of Napier Street) many times, but never stopped to look at it.
Sure enough, it looks like a West End traffic calming mini-park, and might give a few hints about the Arbutus Greenway. A local community volunteer group calls this “Napier Square Greenway”. It leads from Commercial Drive to the Britannia Community Centre (and back). And it’s a terrific people place.
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Things to note:
- The garden, maintained by the “Britannia Neighbours“. Recent Sunday work parties have focused on aphids and sticky oak leaves.
- Furniture — looking like furniture now appearing on Point Grey Road, and long in place in the West End.
- Decorative stonework, in the form of a meandering section set into the paving bricks, with a series of circular designs made out of coloured…
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