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Bounded by Knight Street to the west, East 33rd Avenue to the north, Dumfries Street to the east and East 37th Avenue to the south, Kensington Park is a large green space featuring a community centre, indoor swimming pool, playground, skateboard park and multiple pitches. Beyond the recreational activities it provides, the park is particularly notable for its elevated view of the cityscape and North Shore Mountains, which forms a majestic backdrop to all the heart-pumping action taking place on the ground.
In 1965, the park performed much of the same functions as it does today. A large soccer pitch is bordered by walking trails which offer unobstructed views of East Vancouver, North Vancouver and the snowy mountainous landscape. The built footprint of North Vancouver sprawling up the side of the mountains is clearly visible, with mostly low-rise structures dominating the landscape. The old Grouse Mountain chairlift — signified by the wide parting of trees in the centre of the image — would be removed in the 1970s following a fire at the original sky lodge in 1962.
Today, the cityscape in the foreground has largely been obscured by the maturation of the neighbourhood's trees. One of the only buildings in the immediate area now visible from this angle is the two-tower King Edward Village residential development at Knight Street and Kingsway. Meanwhile, as North Vancouver expanded in population, its skyline correspondingly grew in size. Like all municipalities of Greater Vancouver, the city has since been dotted by a deluge of highrises and mid-rises, most of which are located close to the waterfront. A faint scar in the forest mountains indicates where the old chairlift was located.
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