It was designed to be a nice place to enjoy a cup of coffee or lunch, but a pop-up beach picnic area, dubbed “picnurbia”, has ended up being a comfortable place for street youth to sleep. Twelve people were counted sleeping on the structure along Robson street this morning.But the area will be taken down this weekend, so people like Josh will have to find a new place to rest hi…
CKNW Vancouver News
Robson’s “fake beach” a good place for the homeless to sleep
August 31, 2011 by
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