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Market Street Bike Lane

Octavia at Market (Close View)

The infamous Market Street bike lane crossing of the Central Freeway entrance, where...

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The foot of Octavia Boulevard, at the end of the Central Freeway across Market Street. Tall trees...

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Octavia at Market (Wide View)

Patricia's Green (Wide View)

A wider view of the foot of Octavia. The Central Freeway used to cast a shadow over this scene.

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At the boulevard's end is Patricia's Green in Hayes Valley, the neighborhood's new central square....

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Octavia at the Central Freeway

Octavia Side Median

The southbound through lanes of Octavia connect to the Central Freeway, while bikes use the side...

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Side median separating through traffic from the access lane. Those benches aren't just decorative --...

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Octavia Side Lane

Patricia's Green Playground

Access lanes flank the center, through lanes. The design succeeds in making a street that carries...

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The Green's play structure is just a few feet from speeding traffic -- yet it feels sheltered.

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Patricia's Green (Close View)

Hayes and Octavia

A closer view of Patricia's Green, named for boulevard champion and beloved neighborhood activist...

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A dead zone only a few years ago, Hayes Valley is now one of the city's liveliest neighborhoods.

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Patricia's Green from Hayes and Octavia

Signs Along Octavia

Patricia's Green from the crossroads of Hayes Valley, the corner of Hayes and Octavia.

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While freeway access from Hayes Valley has been maintained (this sign is along one of the...

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Hayes Valley

Millennium Line

View from the Green across the corner of Hayes and Octavia.

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Transit-oriented developments delineate Skytrain's alignment in the suburbs (in this case, near...

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Uploaded on Jun 19, 2008

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Skytrain & Skyline

Downtown Towers

From Commercial Drive Station on the east side of Vancouver. The towers at left are along...

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Uploaded on Jun 19, 2008

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A typical condo tower-lined street on the downtown peninsula, in this case Alberni in the West End...

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Uploaded on Jun 19, 2008

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Car-Free Day

One Wall Centre

I just happened to visit during a high holy day for urbanists. This (closed) street fair, on Denman...

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Uploaded on Jun 19, 2008

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In Vancouver, as in New York, tall buildings are just part of life. This, the city's second-tallest,...

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Uploaded on Jun 19, 2008

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