The City of Vancouver celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2011 with a series of exciting cultural events and celebrations to coincide with Vancouver's designation as a Cultural Capital of Canada. The Park Board, almost as old as the City itself, was pleased to be a partner in this important milestone.
Events included Summer Live, a free, three-day festival held at Brockton Point in Stanley Park, to Vancouver Stories, short neighbourhood stories turned into films.
This summer, as part of Vancouver 125 celebrations, the Park Board is hosting the digital media project, Vancouver Stories. The goal is to gather and record neighbourhood stories in communities across the city.
Selected artists will compose and edit short digital films that will capture diverse portraits of the city. Artist teams will be based at three hub community centres, Britannia, Sunset/Moberly and West Point Grey, although all Vancouver community centres and their patrons are invited to participate. Deadline is September 2011.
In keeping with the City's 125 Anniversary celebrations, the theme for 2011 is community builders in recognition of the fact that a strong and vibrant city is built by its inhabitants. Celebrate the unique contributions of women in Vancouver with the Remarkable Women poster series.
Make a personalized poster of a remarkable woman in your own life at a poster making workshop. Workshops dates, times and locations 
The Park Board has played a big part in the city's colourful history. Stanley Park was the city's first park. The evergreen oasis opened 123 years ago when the city's population was only 6,065. Harry Avison was the first employee — working in Stanley Park as a park ranger and overseeing much of the early development including a zoo and gardens.
Today, the Park Board has more than 220 parks, a host of fabulous facilities ... and more than 2,300 full-time and part-time staff.
Join us on Facebook where archival photos will be featured throughout 2011.
Do the names Livingstone, Ferguson and Tisdall sound familiar? Livingstone and Tisdall are names of city parks, and Ferguson Point is lovely viewpoint in Stanley Park. They are also the names of former Park Board commissioners. To commemorate Vancouver's 125th anniversary, the Park Board has listed all commissioners going back to 1888.
Photo on right: Sam Brighouse (standing) was one of the first Park Board Commissioners in 1888. Sitting are two Vancouver pioneers William Hailstone (left) and John Morton.
Published by the Vancouver Park Board to mark its Centennial in 1988, this colourful hardback volume does double duty as a handy history tool and lovely coffee table book. Buy yours today!
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