Stanley Park Design Layout

September 21, 2010 7:37 PM

Where can I find detailed Blueprint/ Design Layouts for various urban parks? Bonus: Stanley Park, Vancouver.

I'm trying to find slope grades, tree types, materials used in construction, etc.

posted by Jsn7821 to Society & Culture (4 answers total)

You might try the City of Vancouver Archives. They have an extensive collection and very helpful staff.
posted by lunaazul at 8:39 PM on September 21, 2010

You could also try the Vancouver Museum. If they don't have them, they'll know where to find them.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 10:14 PM on September 21, 2010

Check out this UBC MA thesis, tons of park plans in it and lots about Stanley Park - there is a 1911 map of Stanley park and maybe more.

Title: The evolution of urban public park design in Europe and America : Vancouver adaption to 1913
Author: Hinds, Diane Beverley

The link takes you to a page where you can download a large PDF. If it stalls, try again, and again: UBC dspace is really buggy for downloads.

It may not really be useful for you as it comes from a landscape architecture perspective, but who knows.
posted by Rumple at 10:58 PM on September 21, 2010

There are a few sets of Park data available in the Vancouver Open Data Catalogue. Not sure if that covers at least some of the information you're looking for.
posted by findango at 6:48 PM on September 23, 2010