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'Jewel of the riverfront': New Westminster wants to revitalize and grow Pier Park

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Patrick Johnstone is looking at expanding New Westminster's Pier Park .

The city is asking for proposals from general contractors to extend the park to the west.

The western expansion of the park will be predominantly green space, but “with design,” Johnstone said.

East Pier Park reopened in April 2021 following a 10-day fire in September 2020 .

The 2020 fire destroyed the wooden pier that made a giant W.

The city will replace it with an Indigenous artist.

The public installation will be iconic, an official says.

The pier will be replaced by a new Indigenous artist, the city says.

A native New Yorker , she loves that New West’s river is a working waterfront.

“You’ll see all kinds of barges and logs and tugboats going back and forth all day long,” she says.

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