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Apr 30, 2023 · The Esther Short Park rebuild cost about $800,000, which was drawn from funds collected from developers of the Vancouver Waterfront Park project, according to the project webpage. City officials estimated the cost of the old structures at $200,000. The play equipment was over 20 years old and ready to be replaced.
Jan 11, 2022 · PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Park officials announced Monday Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver has closed indefinitely after a fire destroyed the play structure. A fence now surrounds the park...
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Mar 6, 2020 · The SP&S 539 steam locomotive that had been displayed in Esther Short Park for 40 years made a return to Vancouver on Friday. The partially disassembled locomotive, built in 1917 in Dunkirk,...
Jan 12, 2022 · VANCOUVER, Wash. — The children's playground equipment at Esther Short Park in Vancouver will be removed after the playground was damaged by a fire, city officials said. The Vancouver Fire ...
Just 28 years later, in 1853, Esther Short Park became Washington's first public park. Esther Short was one of Vancouver's first settlers, but the story of how she, her husband Amos, and their ten ...
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Esther Short Park is home to the City’s first fully inclusive playground, which features a zero-entry merry go all, play hill, music garden, swings for all abilities and a Roxall see saw. This innovative playground was designed in consultation with Harper’s Playground , a non-profit that creates inviting playgrounds for people of all abilities.
Apr 1, 2024 · She was curator of education at the Clark County Historical Museum for 22 years, while almost concurrently serving for 20 years on the Vancouver City Council. Esther Short’s land on which the downtown park now stands has a history fraught with land disputes, a family feud, and even violence.
