Victory Square
Victory Square
3.5
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Neighbourhood: Central
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- Stadium–Chinatown • 5 min walk
- Waterfront • 6 min walk
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3.5
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Chris D
New Westminster, Canada3,356 contributions
Jul 2023 • Solo
After spending some of last summer visiting gravesites in Belgium and northern France, I find I'm feeling even stronger about the importance of this little area, and what it represents. So, I was very pleased to see the park, particularly around the Cenotaph, looking quite clean. There were two small tents at the rear of the park, but discreet and well maintained. So, thank you, City of Vancouver, for listening not only to me but many others.
Written 13 July 2023
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Dimitris L
Sydney, Australia51,800 contributions
Sept 2023 • Couples
Victory Square is a small park in a central location. The Cenotaph was erected in 1924 in this square to honour those who died in various wars since WWI.
Written 29 January 2024
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IAN D
Wigan, UK26,333 contributions
Oct 2019 • Solo
This is Vancouver tribute memorial to its war dead.. Square in a prominent place but being devalued by the unsavoury characters around.
Written 10 October 2019
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Chris D
New Westminster, Canada3,356 contributions
Jul 2020
After a walk through Gastown, thought I should drop by here and pay my respects to our fallen. I was disgusted to see the condition of the park surrounding the cenotaph. City of Vancouver - last I heard you were looking for ways to keep city workers employed. Maybe send them to clean up this small area now and then. Some of us want to remember our veterans more than once a year. Please let us do so without tripping over week old cigarette butts, hamburger wrappers, and unknown liquids.
Written 11 July 2020
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on_the_go_98765
Tucson20,571 contributions
Aug 2021
Our current trip to Chinatown brought us down Hastings and a stop at Victory Square. It is badly in need of some TLC and community outreach services. But the cenotaph is the main draw this day (for us). The inscription challenged us: it is an inscription lifting lines from Lamentations, chapter 1, verse 12:
"Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the LORD brought on me in the day of his fierce anger?"
Words to ponder, chew on, but very hard to digest. This 1924 tribute to brave WW I soldiers asks this hard question of all who bother to stand and read (and hopefully reflect).
In 1935 unemployed labor camp men gathered in the thousands to protest and demonstrate. They wanted financial assistance. The mayor read "The Riot Act" (a 1715 law forbidding gatherings of 12 or more) as fair warning before an hour passed and then force would be used to disburse the crowds.
In case anyone is wondering, the law was repealed in 1973 but other laws enacted so, net effect is probably nil. A plaque is affixed to a neighboring building commemorating the reading of the act.
The Riot Act has, today, fallen into use (and idiom) as a stern warning or reprimand. I'll think about it the next time I invoke it!
That walk down Hastings from Victory Square (into the EastVan neighborhood) isn't something I'd like to repeat anytime soon (or ever). It was difficult not to trip over bodies and drug paraphernalia on the sidewalk.
"Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the LORD brought on me in the day of his fierce anger?"
Words to ponder, chew on, but very hard to digest. This 1924 tribute to brave WW I soldiers asks this hard question of all who bother to stand and read (and hopefully reflect).
In 1935 unemployed labor camp men gathered in the thousands to protest and demonstrate. They wanted financial assistance. The mayor read "The Riot Act" (a 1715 law forbidding gatherings of 12 or more) as fair warning before an hour passed and then force would be used to disburse the crowds.
In case anyone is wondering, the law was repealed in 1973 but other laws enacted so, net effect is probably nil. A plaque is affixed to a neighboring building commemorating the reading of the act.
The Riot Act has, today, fallen into use (and idiom) as a stern warning or reprimand. I'll think about it the next time I invoke it!
That walk down Hastings from Victory Square (into the EastVan neighborhood) isn't something I'd like to repeat anytime soon (or ever). It was difficult not to trip over bodies and drug paraphernalia on the sidewalk.
Written 30 August 2021
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Chris D
New Westminster, Canada3,356 contributions
Dec 2017 • Solo
Locals and travelers will be moved by the spot where Remembrance Day services take place, whether they go on 11 November, or any other time of year. However, the rest of the park is at best a place for watching "interesting people", but more accurately a place not to be visited after dark.
Written 29 December 2017
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Roland H
Newport Beach, CA198 contributions
Aug 2016 • Couples
It's nice to see B.C recognizing the people that died for their country. It's right in downtown but it seems some of the homeless have made it home. It's nice for a quick see but not somewhere to eat lunch and enjoy around all the homeless.
Written 9 August 2016
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David N
Brisbane, Australia1,974 contributions
Apr 2023 • Couples
We attended the ANZAC day memorial ceremony here. The ceremony was well organised and the location was very befitting with the layout perfect to accommodate the 300 attendees
Written 26 April 2023
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like a bird Lia H
8 contributions
Feb 2022 • Solo
Definitly impressed me with these public bathrooms. From the point of view of someone who is two weeks away from giving birth, walking downtown- and regularly needing to use the wasroom- I was pleasantly surprised at this washrooms cleanliness. They even have separate hot and cold running water- THAT WORK. The washroom is 100 years old this year- and out to be celebrated as s dignified place to regroup, freshen up, and trust public spaces. Thank you!
Written 5 February 2022
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Chris D
New Westminster, Canada3,356 contributions
Jul 2021
This important memorial continues to suffer from lack of TLC by the City. After walking the surrounding areas, it is becoming clear to me that the "vulnerable" from the Downtown East-side (DTES) neighbourhood are being pushed south and west by gentrification in their original neighbourhood. Yes, this location was grubby last year and the year before, but there seems to be even more loitering than previous, even on a very hot day when we all should be seeking shade. So, I renew my call to the City: you cleaned it up for 11 November when the Minister of Defense was here, can't you keep it that way? Our veterans deserve better. And to our out-of-town friends, my apologies; I suggest you don't come by after dark.
Written 12 July 2021
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