VANCOUVER PENTHOUSE: Neighbourhood
As noted on Homepage, there are many wonderful neighbourhood features.
Community and Local Area
- friendly, active community
- Collingwood Neighbourhood House -- community centre (2 blocks away)
Very active with programs for all ages, children to seniors - Evergreen Community Health Centre -- doctors, clinic (2 blocks)
- dentist: Dr. Schlappner (2 blocks)
- ambulance (2 blocks)
- community policing centre and outreach (1 block)
- churches and schools (2 - 4 blocks)
- major hospital --Burnaby General (5 minute drive)
- Bonsor Recreation Complex (10 minute drive)
- Renfrew Park Community Centre (10 minute drive)
- direct access to highway #1 transCanada (10 minute drive)
Skytrain station
2 minutes walk away. View details are marked on the larger version of the photo.
Click here for skytrain info and route map (then use their "360-degree Virtual Tour" link, top right)
Community Services and Facilities
All within a few minutes walk. The larger version of this photo shows details of just some of them.
Photo on left is a view from Skydeck (our private terrace) looking West. Shows children's playground, baseball field, soccer field, basketball court, skateboard park. Community baseball/soccer leagues play here during summer (children, adults).
Surrounded by parks and green spaces
Looking straight down from Skydeck (our private terrace), across the street on the west side of the building (detail of the park you can barely see in the bottom right corner of the photo above)
Walking park, tennis courts, basketball courts.
Looking down from Skydeck (our private terrace) to the southeast. Walking park, children's playground, skateboard area.
Burnaby's Central Park is where we do our daily excercise walks. Just 10 minutes walk away, walking along the greenspace under the skytrain line.
When you get to Central Park you have many walking trails and 2 lakes (one in the photo on the left). Other facilities there listed in this map:
Shopping within 5 minutes walk
Shopping area details are on the larger version of the photo (right) and the map (below).
Major shopping mall & entertainment complex
Just 5 minutes by car or skytrain, or 25 minute walk.
"Metrotown Centre & "Metropolis at Metrotown" -- movies, shopping, office complex, & more