Filipino Plaza is a landscaped park located on Vanness Avenue, west of SkyTrain's

Nanaimo Station Nanaimo is a partially elevated station on the Expo Line (TransLink), Expo Line of Metro Vancouver Regional District, Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain (Vancouver), SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Nanaimo Street between Vannes ...

in the city of

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, Canada. The open park, sometimes referred to as a linear park, is located underneath the SkyTrain Expo Line, and was one of the dozens of open parks built in 1986 as part of BC Transit's Parkway Program showcasing different cultural parks on the 26-kilometre path that parallels the SkyTrain. Many ethnic communities created legacies on the linear park under the Skytrain in 1986. Designed by architect Bert Morelos, the park consists of a wooden

arch An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it. Arches may be synonymous with vaul ...

, a very distinctive and colourful

Sarimanok The Sarimanok (Pronunciation: sá·ri·ma·nók), also known as papanok in its feminine form, is a legendary bird of the Maranao people, who originate from Mindanao, an island in the Philippines, and part of Philippine mythology. It comes from ...

logo, and two walls made up of 2,000 red bricks donated by

Filipino-Canadian Filipino Canadians (French: ''Canadiens philippins''; Filipino: ''Mga Pilipinong Kanadyense'') are Canadians of Filipino descent. Filipino Canadians are the fourth largest subgroup of the overseas Filipinos and one of the fastest-growing group ...

s representing the pioneers of the plaza.Philippine Asian Chronicle Publishing, "Philippine Asian Chronicle," Sept. 1-15, 2010 Issues, page a7 Construction of the park was made possible with the

bayanihan Communal work is a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task or for communal fundraising. Communal work provided manual labour to others, especially for major projects such as barn raising, "bees" of various kinds (see below), log rolling, and ...

spirit of

members of the "Filipino Plaza Committee of 1985." The designer of the

logo and the park itself was

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

. The committee led the effort of the many

in raising enough money for the plaza.Philippine Journal Publishing, "Philippine Journal Newspaper," Vol. 2010, Issue 015, Sept. 6-23, 2010, Page 1, Section A In 2010, a ''Filipino Plaza Committee'' was formed to handle proposed improvements.

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