Portal Park (and the wrong sign!)

“Laurel Street Land Bridge

The Laurel Street land bridge was part of Phase I of the development of the south shore of False Creek in the mid-1970s, an innovative, imaginative project that set the tone for the modern city. Henry Hawthorn and partner Don Towers of the firm Hawthorn Mansfield Towers Architects designed it. The commission from the City specified that it feel more like land than a bridge for pedestrians crossing busy 6^th Avenue.

Vancouver Heritage Foundation”

 

This plaque is in the wrong place! The sign talks about the Laurel Street Land Bridge in False Creek, but it is actually in Portal Park in Coal Harbour. The top layer of the sign seems to have been peeled off, so it looks like the plaque was reused. The Vancouver Heritage Foundation have been notified J

 

Photo of location: http://imgur.com/YBlxT7j

Where the plaque should be: http://imgur.com/fopT0Zu

What the plaque *should* say: http://imgur.com/nePD8OK (Vancouver Heritage Foundation ©)   

 Attribution: Jennie Eggleston

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• vancouver heritage association
• plaque project
• portal park
• laurel street land bridge
• west hastings
• mistake