{"id":38244,"date":"2025-07-17T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=38244"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:57:20","slug":"ucs-61-vancouver-plans-for-high-density-4-the-broadway-plan-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/07\/17\/ucs-61-vancouver-plans-for-high-density-4-the-broadway-plan-park\/","title":{"rendered":"UCS #62: Vancouver Plans for High Density #4: The Broadway Plan Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36965\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-768x92.png 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-940x113.png 940w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png 1250w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>See our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2024\/05\/20\/urban-cartoon-syndicate-introduction-and-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Launch and Introduction<\/a>&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2024\/05\/20\/launch-of-urban-cartoon-syndicate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement by CityHallWatch<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Readings:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"gmail-wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Following outrage, Kits Pool reservation system could soon be over<\/strong>&nbsp;(Amir Ali,&nbsp;<em>Daily Hive<\/em>, 17-Jul-2025) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/kits-pool-reservation-outrage\">https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/kits-pool-reservation-outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Broadway Plan Public Realm Plan<\/strong>&nbsp;(12-Dec, 2024, 140 pages, 23 MB file) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/guidelines.vancouver.ca\/policy-plan-broadway-public-realm.pdf\">https:\/\/guidelines.vancouver.ca\/policy-plan-broadway-public-realm.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Park Board undertook its last major park plan in 1992 and set a&nbsp;policy to acquire and assemble land to provide 1.1 ha (2.75 acres) of \u201cneighborhood parkland\u201d (all parks excluding destination parks) per 1,000 residents. The current number is 1.06 ha per 1,000 residents, but Vancouver is becoming much more dense. By 2041, Vancouver\u2019s population is predicted to grow by 150,000 people. The Park Board&nbsp;needs to acquire new parkland&nbsp;to keep up with future demand. (VanPlay Report 1 Chapter 2 \u201cParks\u201d 2023, p11\/23 of 23 MB file) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/parks-recreation-culture\/report-1-inventory-and-analysis.aspx\">https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/parks-recreation-culture\/report-1-inventory-and-analysis.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>City of Vancouver \u201cEquity in parks and recreation\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Equity analysis factor tracks \u201cPark provision\u201d as areas of the city with low amounts of park space per person, measured as areas with less than 0.55ha\/1000 people within a 10 minute walk. \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/parks-recreation-culture\/equity-in-parks-and-recreation.aspx\">https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/parks-recreation-culture\/equity-in-parks-and-recreation.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See our&nbsp;Launch and Introduction&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Following outrage, Kits Pool reservation system could soon be over&nbsp;(Amir Ali,&nbsp;Daily Hive, 17-Jul-2025) \u2013&nbsp;https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/kits-pool-reservation-outrage Broadway Plan Public Realm Plan&nbsp;(12-Dec, 2024, 140 pages, 23 MB file) \u2013&nbsp;https:\/\/guidelines.vancouver.ca\/policy-plan-broadway-public-realm.pdf The Park Board undertook its last major park plan in<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/07\/17\/ucs-61-vancouver-plans-for-high-density-4-the-broadway-plan-park\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;UCS #62: Vancouver Plans for High Density #4: The Broadway Plan Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8579,"featured_media":38245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11230,26,28,6670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-neighbourhoods","category-parks","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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