1. Crab Park  Also known as Portside park  Located along the Burrard Inlet to the west of Canada Place. Or, off the Main Street overpass and Waterfront road.  The park opened in 1987.  An activist group led by Don Larson were the founders of the park.  Larson’s intention was to create a space that reflected the neighborhood of Vancouver and preserve the beauty of the waterfront.

3.  Sea buses, gondolas on Grouse Mountain are visible, Main Street dock and Freighters.  Two Chinese lions, an Asian garden, driftwood logs and large rock beneath an archway

6. Robert Pickton trial  Port Coquitlam pig farmer Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam  Serial Killer and was charged with the murders of 26 women  Many of his victims were prostitutes from Vancouver’s downtown eastside  On December 11, 2007 he was sentenced to life in prison.  Pickton has confessed to an undercover police officer that he had murdered 49 women

7. The monument  Artist : Don Larson  What is it: A boulder or a large rock with a message of commemoration to the missing downtown eastside women  When: Placed 1997  Intention: Larson intended the monument to be “of a short newspaper article”.  Larson felt, at the time, less attention was brought upon the issues of missing women in the downtown east side.

10. Recently  The original boulder by Larson didn’t have names of the missing women  Recently, a bench has been placed on the beach side of the park that includes some names of the missing women.

11. Ways it is remembered  May 1999, Missing Women March. Protestors in the march carried signs that said "prostitutes are not disposable" and "23 missing are 23 too many".  This March resulted in 6 downtown Eastside police investigators to work on the case to find missing women.

13.  March 2000, friends and families gather for park bench to be installed which included some names of missing women

15. Controversies and Questions of Effectiveness  How effective is the monument?  Location  Names missing – issue of approval of families  Issue only brought to attention recently.. Why? (after Pickton trial)  Not a striking monument

16. Context Changes over time  Earlier…. The intention for the artwork was activism and attention to missing women in Vancouver Eastside  Presently…the artwork transforms into a memorial, people paying tribute and place of memory and reflection.  Names are now included, like a traditional memorial

17. Readings  Folk art  Fred’s article, The personalization of collective memory: The Smithsonian’s September 11 Exhibit, she describes how the project focused on using the personal memories and experiences of the public for inspiration.  Larson’s inspiration was not the personal memories of the public rather it was a reflection of his concern towards bringing more attention to the issue of the missing women

18.  “But even more, it represents the nation itself, consisting of those who, like the disparate parts of the monument, abide together without touching” (Zolberg, 1990, p. 100-101).  Larson’s monument has brought the community together to remember those missing  Families can come to the site or marches to help bring hope to their missing loved ones

19.  Richard Meyer, Gran Fury and Graphics of AIDS activism  About public art and activism  Using public art to bring attention to marginalized people