Galloping Goose vs. Vancouver waterfront
#1
Posted 18 May 2008 - 08:35 AM
#2
Posted 18 May 2008 - 09:42 AM
#3
Posted 18 May 2008 - 10:34 AM
Vancouver's waterfront exudes urbanality, with an almost constant energy, aided by the many ammenities and residences that exist along its route.
The "Goose", although it meanders through an urban core in parts, does its best to shun all things urban for a more pastoral experience.
I won't necessarily say one is better than the other, but I can't see how one can reasonably compare them; they are just SO different.
#4
Posted 18 May 2008 - 03:05 PM
Vancouver's waterfront exudes urbanality, with an almost constant energy, aided by the many ammenities and residences that exist along its route.
The "Goose", although it meanders through an urban core in parts, does its best to shun all things urban for a more pastoral experience.
That's what I was thinking. I don't see why it should be "pastoral" along the entire route. I can see rowhouses, etc along there where people can just go out their backdoor with a bike (or dog, or running gear, etc) & be on the Goose right away. In towards the core there could also be much more connection with the buildings that it passes, sort of like the Railyards in VicWest.
#5
Posted 18 May 2008 - 05:13 PM
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Posted 18 May 2008 - 10:10 PM
#7
Posted 01 August 2008 - 08:15 AM
http://plato-dialogu...tools/agora.htm
It's the agora of ancient Athens in Plato's & Aristotle's time, where the Panathenaic Way (in Victoria it would be called the Goose) cut right through the middle of it. Around the agora there were temples, the supreme court, & many other government buildings.
#8
Posted 01 August 2008 - 08:59 AM
The route along the TCH is the dullest bike/pedestrian route I know of anywhere. It works for getting you from A to B but not much else. The CRD should take a look at how the trail could be improved along there.
The Goose should also connect with the inner harbour walkway when it is done (if it gets done) and that should give that much more of the Vancouver Seawall feel to the trail.
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