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Colourful new pop-up plaza installed in Sunset Beach Park parking lot

It's got picnic tables, food trucks, and a bold 'ground mural'
Lindsay William-Ross
Lindsay William-Ross
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The new pop-up plaza at Sunset Beach Park@KenOhrn / Twitter

There's a vibrant new place to hang out by the beach in Vancouver thanks to a just-opened pop-up plaza installed in a parking lot at a popular waterfront park. 

The temporary rec space at Sunset Beach Park features a "ground mural," picnic tables with umbrellas, and food trucks. 

As a further draw, the Sunset Beach Park pop-up plaza will also boast ping pong tables, due to arrive in July.

The pop-up plaza is situated between Park Lane and Hornby Street, near the busy Beach Avenue bike path, which saw record-breaking use last summer - and is expected to do the same this summer. 

The bike path and park - and the closure of the parking lot - is further incentive for Vancouverites to ditch their vehicles whenever possible in favour of cycling, walking, public transit, or ride-hailing services. 

Reserved parking, accessible parking stalls, and the EV charging station at the Sunset Beach lot will be re-opened and enhanced for the 2021 summer season, eplains the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. Three new accessible stalls have been added for a total of five. General public parking at the Sunset Beach lot will remain closed while the Jervis parking lot has been re-opened.

Also at play is the ongoing plan to revamp the West End waterfront as part of a $3.5 million redesign project. 

 
sunset-beach-pop-up-planSunset Beach pop-up plaza. By City of Vancouver Park Board

Legend

  1. Ground mural
  2. Log seating
  3. Hard court
  4. Picnic tables and umbrellas
  5. Ping pong tables
  6. Mobi station 
  7. Accessible and reserved parking only

If the Sunset Beach Park pop-up plaza is deemed successful this summer, the Park Board will consider reinstating it for the summer of 2022.

Check out a few early reactions to the colourful new public space:

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