Date: October 1 and 2, 2011, 2pm
Location: Meet at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews (see map)
Website: Vancouver 125 Public Art & Murals

Join a bicycle tour of mural artworks created for Vancouver’s 125th anniversary and through the Great Beginnings program.

The meeting point for the bicycle tour is the Roundhouse Community Centre, and from there participants will ride along the seawall and through neighbourhoods including Downtown, Chinatown and Strathcona and arrive at the newly-unveiled ‘River of Crows’ mural on McLean Drive, which was created to celebrate Vancouver’s 125th anniversary and follows the Mosaic bikeway.

The tours will be approximately two hours long and there will be lots of stops along the way where you’ll learn more about Vancouver’s diverse and growing collection of mural artwork.

Meeting Point: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews, south side (look for the courtyard opposite Urban Fare)
Please meet at the Roundhouse at approximately 1:50pm. The tour will start at 2pm with a few safety tips and housekeeping details from the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition (VACC) who will be joining the ride, and then we’ll be on our way. The murals bicycle tour will be approximately 2 hours long and will end at 1100 McLean Drive. Please bring water, a helmet and snacks and dress for the weather in case it is cool or wet.

View a map of some of the mural locations:

View Bicycle tour of Vancouver murals in a full screen map

Register

The tours are free of charge, but please register in advance to secure a spot.

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Inside Vancouver: “Celebrate Vancouver 125 by free, guided bike tour of public art murals”