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Also: Honouring the Founders of the German Canadian Heritage Plaza In 1986, hundreds of members of our German-speaking community in BC came together — as companies, churches, clubs, schools, and individual families — to fund and build the German Canadian Heritage Plaza (Deutscher Platz) at the 29th Avenue SkyTrain station, as part of Expo ’86’s
As British Columbia celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 1986 transformations, the province reflects on a golden era of vision, rapid modernization, and community spirit. In mid-1980s B.C., three monumental projects reshaped how people moved and how the province presented itself to the world: Grace McCarthy’s Vision: The “Adopt-a-Station” Program At the center of this
In 1986, as Vancouver prepared to welcome the world for Expo ’86, the province was racing to finish something equally ambitious: SkyTrain, the region’s brand-new, fully automated rapid transit line. Alongside it ran the BC Parkway — a 26-kilometre walking and cycling path linking Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey, built parallel to the new
Media Contact: Elke Porter 604 828 8788 Vancouver, BC www.deutscherplatz.org www.facebook.com/deutscherplatz1986/ Press Release 30. Jubiläum von Gesellschaft Deutscher Platz Es fing alles mit EXPO \’86 & der Deutsch Kanadische Kongress an Vancouver, 13. Oktober, 2016: Am Sonntag, den 2.Oktober, 2016 wurde das 30-jährige Bestehen des DEUTSCHEN PLATZES an der \”29. Avenue Skytrain Station \” in Vancouver