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Originally Posted by frinkprof
^Victoria Park (as that specific name) was actually only ever two things - the historic name of Stampede Park and (as it still exists today) a Business Revitalization Zone. Well, technically it is also "wayfinding area" now as well, but that's only ever really used in a very narrow context - the new wayfinding signage in the Centre City. The former community and areas have been known as various other things involving the name "Victoria," only sometimes "Victoria Park." Names you'll see through history include Victoria, East Victoria and Victoria Crossing.
Beltline is the name of the community and has been since 2003 when the former communities of Connaught and Victoria amalgamated.
One of the main reasons that the "Victoria Park" name persists and people mistake it for the name of the community is because there's signage with that name in the BRZ area. Same thing happens with "Kensington" and "Marda Loop." Both are BRZs, not communities. That and the name of the LRT station, but we're working on getting that fixed.
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Naw, the main reason it's called Victoria Park is because it's been named that for a 100 years.