LETTER: Time for change in Ocean Park
Published 7:30 pm Thursday, March 19, 2026
Editor,
It’s sad to see how small and compacted all new neighbourhoods now seem to be.
As for the townhouse project at 128 Street and 24 Avenue, they maybe could be 20 less and there could be more duplexes — not as “cookie cutter,” but in all honesty, what did they think was going to happen there?
It is not the city’s land — it belongs to a tax-paying citizen just like you and me.
I think having urban development at major intersections is not a bad idea. Hopefully 128th, 24th and 16 (avenues) will be four lanes in the future.
At Ocean Park it’s time for what is now called a Safeway classic. A brand-new store with two highrises on it, or a whole new Ocean Park Plaza.
Don’t expect that plaza to last much longer. No one is going to build back the same thing.
It’s just the process of life, and a few 25-storey buildings would be excellent there.
Why should only homeowners get to live in Ocean Park?
A condo cost what the houses used to when most people moved to that area.
As for Crescent Beach, it should be left alone unless a new seawall gets built and the trains move along Highway 99 to the border.
Sean Hunyadi, Surrey