- Parker Place
Parker Place (百家店) is a
shopping mall inRichmond, British Columbia . It is located on No. 3 Road, in the middle of Richmond's Golden Village, the mainAsia n district. It is primarily a mall to serve the Asian-Canadian population.It contains about 150 stores, including the new wing built in the mid-1990s named Parker Place Phase II (with the original portion deemed Parker Place Phase I). Most of its stores are mid-sized and there are no real dominant tenants.
Parking spaces are located around the mall as well as the rooftop which are usually filled to capacity during weekends or during special events.
The
food court contains a water fountain, which can be shut down and converted to a stage during special events.Public transit buses, serviced by TransLink, have connections to the mall, with additional routes to downtown
Vancouver , Delta and New Westminster. It is also served by the98 B-Line , abus rapid transit line toVancouver International Airport and downtown Vancouver; the Parker Place stop is called Aberdeen. When theCanada Line is completed, Parker Place can be accessible byrapid transit , by walking a short distance fromAberdeen Station .In popular culture
Parker Place was one of the filming locations in the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation miniseries "Dragon Boys " [ [http://www.richmond-news.com/issues07/011107/entertain.html canada.com ] ] . Set in Richmond, the film stars Hong Kong starEric Tsang and deals with Chinese Canadian organized crime.References
ee also
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Aberdeen Centre
*President Plaza
*Yaohan Centre
*Golden Village (Richmond, British Columbia) External links
* [http://www.parkerplace.com Parker Place official site]
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