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, is Vancouver’s first park given a name by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and opened to the public earlier this year on a former parking lot at Smithe and Richards streets.
Is that worth $14 million? It’s a lot of money, so it’s a fair question. But the park seems to be a resounding hit with kids. Leo Fumano, 2, gets a helping hand from Layla Humayun, 10, while playing at sθәqәlxenәm ts’exwts’áxwi7, also known as Rainbow Park, in Vancouver on Wednesday.“That’s why we went vertical, to maximize the context, being in such an urban setting,” said Mandy Yu, a senior landscape architect with the park board. “It’s the backyard to so many residences in that neighbourhood.”
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