Crescent Park
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Shaughnessy Community

Developed by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1909 as an exclusive community. The community is centred on Granville Street and stretches from 16th to 41st Avenues and from West Boulevard to Oak. Shaughnessy Heights is Vancouver's best example of a planned community. In 1907, the CPR spent more than one million dollars developing the site before it began selling the high-priced lots. The estate-like character of the community is a result of a combination of large lots, winding boulevards, and extensive landscaping.

Many of the homes in First Shaughnessy were designed by the city's leading architects including Maclure & Fox, Parr & Fee, Sharp & Thompson, and Thomas Hooper. The architectural styles used during this period range from English Arts and Crafts and Tudor Revival to Craftsman and Colonial Revival. Today the area is one of the city's most valuable heritage landscapes. Its premier heritage structures include The Nichol House at 1402 McRae Avenue, the Frederick Kelly House at 1398 Crescent, the MacDonald House at 1388 Crescent, the Fleck House at 1296 Crescent.


溫哥華新月公園文化生態遊
地圖:3300 Osler St., Vancouver,溫哥華King Edward Ave.以北,Oak & Granville St.之間橢圓形公園。

溫哥華新月公園(Crescent Park)位於該市最古老、且最高級的豪華住宅香榭區(Shaughnessy)內。這裡的每一間住屋佔地廣大,各有特色。因被列為歷史保護區,政府規定屋主必須保持房子外觀不變,只能夠整修內部。這些 房子也就成為溫哥華重要的觀光景點。香榭區特殊的建築風貌,一向為好萊塢製片屬意的拍片場地,如電影小婦人、野蠻遊戲、鐵面無私、X檔案影集都曾在此拍攝過。溫哥華除了欣賞優美的山光水色,漫步於香榭區尋幽探古的生態文化之旅也不錯!

春天可以欣賞美麗的闊葉樹,如日本安息樹(Snowbell)、東京櫻花樹(Yoshino Cherry)、花白臘樹(Ash)、大葉菩提樹(Linden)、歐洲山毛櫸(Beech)、白奇山茱萸(Dogwood)、平葉榆樹(Elm)、英國山楂樹(Hawthorn)、櫻桃李樹(Cherry Plum)。

夏天漫步於香榭區,除了欣賞美麗庭園的感性世界,還有各有特色宏偉的古典建築。無論是十八世紀的喬治亞式城市屋、西班牙殖民式的大莊園、聯邦時代的房子、斗蓬式的小型別墅、或者是特大的加州式平房,都在此 爭相媲美。豪宅內有舞廳、花園、溫室馬房、網球場、及客房。房子內部有酒窖、玻璃吧台、各式的密室、畫室及月光浴室等。

秋天是個色彩繽紛的季節,黃澄澄的果實,充滿詩意的紅葉,隨風起舞的黃葉……。你可以看見五彩繽紛的紅 楓樹(Red Maple)、洋桐楓樹(Sycamore Maple)、藤楓(Vine Maple)、日本楓樹(Japanese Maple)、銀楓樹(Silver Maple)、挪威楓樹(Norway Maple)、七葉樹(Horse-Chestnut)等變色葉行道樹。此外還有許多來自世界各地美麗動人的公園行道樹。

冬天還可觀賞許多珍貴的針葉樹,如英國紅豆杉(Yew)、藍雲杉(Blue Spruce)、挪威雲杉(Norway Spruce)、東方雲杉(Oriental Spruce)、加州海岸紅杉(Redwood)、英國冬青(English Holly)、西部鐵杉(Western Hemlock)、道格拉 斯冷杉 (Douglas Fir)、美國扁柏(Lawson Cypress)、西部紅柏(Western Red Cedar)。