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Is this the best fairground in British Columbia?<\/p>\n

It’s Sunset Beach field – normally one of the expansive spaces found along the seawall, just west of the Burrard Bridge (map here<\/a>), used for pick-up soccer and inline hockey.<\/p>\n

On this day, July 30th,\u00a0it’s the celebration space at the end of the Pride Parade, Vancouver’s biggest, in which several thousands of people,\u00a0many shirtless,\u00a0come to learn useful things about\u00a0the\u00a0LBGT community.\u00a0 And to check each other out.<\/p>\n

What makes it such a terrific place, of course, is the setting at the entrance to False Creek – at once\u00a0urban and bucolic.\u00a0 On one side, concrete towers; on the other, sand and water.\u00a0 In between, an amphitheatre.<\/p>\n

The site works in three dimensions – the spectators above on shady slopes, the crowd below\u00a0circulating through a\u00a0rainbow city of small pavillions.\u00a0\u00a0There are no real\u00a0congestion points, save at the beer garden, as\u00a0huge crowds get\u00a0absorbed into the flow while others walk and cycle by on the seawall.<\/p>\n

Pride at Sunset Beach is both in your face and off to the side – not a bad metaphor for the gay community, increasingly mainstream and\u00a0yet decidedly, proudly distinct.<\/p>\n

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