[van-announce] Gathering In Support Of Pacific Spirit Regional Park and Wreck Beach

[Steve Kisby]

Public Service Announcement

Gathering In Support Of Pacific Spirit Regional Park and Wreck Beach

The University of British Columbia has been given the green light to build four, 20-story, 187-1/2 foot student tower residences for 1950 students just across from the cliff edge of Pacific Spirit Regional Park.

The towers threaten Pacific Spirit Regional Park’s cliff stability, migratory and resident birds, wildlife habitat, eagle roosts, viewscapes, and Point Grey and Wreck Beach privacy. Construction will send dangerous vibrations to the cliff face from pile driving and increased truck movements which will jeopardize the wilderness-like ambience of Wreck Beach.

To protest the destruction, friends and neighbours of Pacific Spirit Regional Park are asked to gather in peaceful protest on Saturday, May 9, 12 noon, on the site of the proposed Tower 6 at 6600 block of Northwest Marine Drive between UBC Gate 6 and Agronomy Road (Gate 7).

Info: 604-856-9598 or http://www.wreckbeach.org

Poster: http://www.alternatives.com/prms/2004/poster_04-26-04.pdf