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City Council and the Vancouver Park Board provide the vision and direction for the future of Vancouver. Your elected officials use the expertise of the people of Vancouver (some who serve on advisory boards and committees) and staff (who work…
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Transportation
Successive city councils in the 1970s and 1980s prohibited the construction of freeways as part of a long-term plan. As a result, the only major freeway within city limits is Highway 1, which passes through the north-eastern corner of the…
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Libraries and Museums
Libraries in Vancouver include the Vancouver Public Library with its main branch at Library Square, designed by Moshe Safdie. The central branch contains 1.5 million volumes. Altogether there are twenty-two branches containing 2.25 million volumes. The Vancouver Tool Library is…