Queens
Street Plaza
June
2005 - Focus, Port Moody
Port Moody’s dedicated festival
and market space, the Queens Street Plaza, is ready
for
the summer season. A portion of Queens Street between
Spring and Clarke Street in moody Centre is now permanently
closed to traffic, allowing a pedestrian-friendly
space. The Moody Centre Business Association (MCBA)
will be managing the space and scheduling regular
farmers’ markets throughout the summer.
The
Rotary Club of Port Moody Foundation is sponsoring
a whimsical railway-inspired archway designed by local
artist Ross Agro for the plaza. The club is selling
recognition pavers to help fund this project (see
below for information).
The
Canadian Tulip Festival, a rolling cross-country bus
tour celebrating the 60th
anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands,
will be at the plaza on June 7 at 6:45pm (see back
page for details). Saturday markets begin July 9 and
continue through September.
Ross
Agro and a model of the Queens Street Plaza public
art archway entitled “Queens Glass Tie.”
The rail theme echoes Port Moody’s railway heritage.
The rail “ties” are frosted glass, held
up by timber spars set in brick bases.
