Andy Livingstone Park

I absolutely love this green space park in the centre of old Vancouver. It's part of the smart growth that has been part of Vancouver's ongoing urban renewal. Juxtaposed to the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classic Garden in old Chinatown reknowned for it's feng shui, the Andy Livingstone Park has it's own grace and spirituality.

Thanks to my downtown office and my dog, Gilbert, I walk in this park most days and am ever pleased by it's continual contoured novelty and beauty. Not large at all, it seems surprisingly spacious. City dwellers sit by the water to mediate as dog walkers meet together on the lawns. A fountain and stream mask the noise of nearby busy streets. The selectively spaced overhanging trees play with the light and shade in simply the most marvelous ways. And all around there are skyscrapers. It is definitely a 4^th dimension in urban design. And truly a life space.

http://www.henderson-development.ca/index.htm

http://vancouver.ca/parks/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning

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Space Buddies

Walt Disney has done a service to all dog lovers. This movie is a thorough delight. Hopefully private enterprise will take over where Obama's cuts to NASA spare programs leave off. The movie gives forth that hope. Private tourist flights to walking on the moon but in the movie it's stowaway talking dogs who are the first canines there. The queen and her corkies watch with rapt attention as the yellow lab pups and Sputnik the senior Russian dog cavort in space. I loved this movie! Definitely 5 paws.http://www.disneymovieslist.com/movies/space-buddies.asp