Two of Vancouver’s most hip and exciting neighbourhoods have joined forces in celebration of the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
Flag Walk | South Granville + Yaletown
The South Granville and Yaletown business associations have launched Flag Walk, connecting the two distinct commercial areas to each other via the placement of coloured flags from the countries competing in the 2010 Winter Games.
More than 450 large decals of the 80 flags of participating nations will be placed on the sidewalks, along Granville St. from 16th Avenue, across the Granville Bridge through Yaletown, ending at the Terry Fox Gate located at BC Place stadium. It is hoped by organizers that visitors and residents will be curious to follow the flags and use them as a way of navigating through the downtown and discovering more of Vancouver. Flag Walk decals will be in place from November 20th until Spring 2010.
Many of the businesses of South Granville and Yaletown will be adopting a nation of their choosing and become ‘celebration sites‘ along the Walk to build both business and momentum for this unique event. There will be sponsored contests for a trip around the world, flag button giveaways and a kids’s colouring contest.
Flag Walk promises to be a festive celebration of international friendship and a great opportunity to enjoy Vancouver’s and Canada’s multicultural spirit.
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The decals have been on the streets for almost one month now. Thank you for your interest and publishing the article.
What do you like about the Falgwalk? Where did you see the decals first? Do you know all the countries? What do your neighbours say?
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The event will be crowned with complete success .
[...] As of right now I’ve not really been affected by the excitement that’s surely much flowing through most of the city, likely because I keep to myself most of the time and I really don’t know anyone here. I do, however, see the advertisements on buses and billboards as well as the flags on Granville. [...]