Filipino Plaza

Filipino Plaza is a landscaped park located in Vanness Avenue, west of SkyTrain's Nanaimo Station in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The open park, sometimes referred to as a linear park, is located underneath the SkyTrain Expo Line, and was one of the dozens of open parks built in 1986 as part of BC Transit's Parkway Program showcasing different cultural parks on the 26-kilometre path that parallels the SkyTrain.[1][2][3] Many ethnic communities created legacies on the linear park under the Skytrain in 1986.[3]

Filipino Plaza
TypePublic Park
LocationVancouver, British Columbia
Coordinates49.2497°N 123.0581°W / 49.2497; -123.0581
Created1986

Highly visible in the front of the park are a wooden arch, a very distinctive-colorful Sarimanok logo, and 2 walls made up of 2,000 red bricks donated by Filipino-Canadians representing the pioneers of the plaza.[4]

Construction of the park was made possible with the bayanihan spirit of Filipino-Canadian members of the "Filipino Plaza Committee of 1985." The designer of the Sarimanok logo and the park itself was a Filipino.[4][5] The committee led the effort of the many Filipino in raising enough money for the plaza.[6][7]

The Filipino Plaza Committee of 2010 was formed to handle proposed improvements...[8][9][10]

References
  1. "Metro Vancouver TransLink BC Parkway Upgrade". Translink.ca. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  2. "Translink Park Blueprint". Translink. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  3. Translink BC Parkway stakeholder meeting notes, Translink, 12 November 2008, retrieved 2010-10-03
  4. Philippine Asian Chronicle Publishing, "Philippine Asian Chronicle," Sept. 1-15, 2010 Issues, page a7
  5. AtinIto Publishing, Inc."Atin Ito Newspaper," March 1986, Page 22
  6. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/09/08/10/filipino-plaza-vancouver-get-makeover
  7. ^ Philippine Journal Publishing, "Philippine Journal Newspaper," Vol. 2010, Issue 015, Sept. 6-23, 2010, Page 1, Section A
  8. Marieton Pacheco (8 September 2010). "'Filipino Plaza' in Vancouver to get a makeover". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  9. Philippine Journal Publishing, "Philippine Journal Newspaper," Vol. 2010, Issue 015, Sept. 6-23, 2010, Page 1, Section A
  10. http://mabuhaycity.com/forums/pinoys-canada/12372-filipino-plaza-vancouver-get-makeover.html


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