Paris has nothing on North Vancouver.
Dan Ross, the Transportation Work Group Manager at Opus International Consultants, reports on the recent Lonsdale Car Free Day and Slide the City.
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It was a beautiful day, and for those who pre-paid their tickets and didn’t mind waiting in about a kilometre-long queue, the 1,000-foot long waterslide down Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver (6th Street to 3rd Street) was worth it.
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The rest of the Car Free Day events were south of 3rd Street down past Esplanade Avenue and to the shipyards at Carrie Cates Ct. There weren’t the mob-deep crowds who attended Car Free days in Vancouver in July; the Lonsdale event was also a little more family friendly and genteel by comparison (this is still the North Shore), but there was a good, critical mass of attendees and it was a lot of fun.
Kudos to the City of North Vancouver for organizing and hope to see many more of these next summer.
The slide was superfun. Lonsdale has the perfect slope and view. Hope it will become an annual event. Here is a video with photos:
http://www.nsnews.com/community/photos-slide-the-city-north-vancouver-1.2038889