Originally Posted by window_revolution

(IMPORTANT: NEW AND PROPER DIRECTIONS TO CHERRY BEACH APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS MESSAGE. THE OTHER DIRECTIONS WERE SLIGHTLY WRONG.)

ok, so i went to the sunday promise party on cherry beach. this was my first time ever there. it was a good time!

from talking to people there, it seems as if this party wasn't in the exact spot that most of the the cherry beach promise parties are. that is because the usual spot is still undergoing some construction and has a fence around it. however, the spot where we did have the party is a very nice spot and very near to the original location, and technically is still a part of cherry beach.

the spot where we partied is at the very bottom of cherry street. you will see a parking lot. it is off in "the woods" (an area that has several trees, but the trees are spaced out enough to allow for dancing) which are to the left of the parking lot.

my advise would be to go down to cherry beach and see if your usual spot is blocked off or not. if it isn't, then you can go there. if it is, then head to the woods which are just a hop, skip, and jump away. they are also very beautiful . . . the trees are sooOOoo tall! and there is so much white fluff on the ground from dandilions, and some of it is floating through the air . . . it really feels like a magical location.

anyways, like i said it was my first time going there. it was a little hard for me to find, because cherry street is a weird, curvey street, and also it's called "sumach" street until it gets to eastern avenue, which is south of king street (after which sumach turns into cherry street).


NEW AND IMPROVED DIRECTIONS TO CHERRY BEACH:

IF YOU ARE COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE OPERA HOUSE:

take the queen street car westbound (queen is a street that runs east-west). the street you want to go down is sumach street (a street which runs north-south). but i'm not sure if the street car stops at sumach street. ask the driver if it does. if not, ask to be let off at river street and then continue to walk west (same direction as street car) until you get to sumach.

(note: the two main streets that sumach is in between are river street, to the east, and parliament, to the west. so if you are coming from the east (the opera house), if you go past parliament you have gone too far. if you are coming from the west, if you go past river street, you have gone too far.)

go south on sumach (since you were travelling west, south will be to your left) and eventually sumach will become cherry street (once you get to eastern avenue).

follow cherry street all the way until the end, just past unwin avenue. it's a little confusing, though, because when you get to lakeshore, it looks as though cherry street ends. however, it does not end -- it just curves east (to the left if you're walking south). follow it over the bridge until you reach the end of the street, where you will see the parking lot where the beach and the woods are.

Originally Posted by kylefabulous

ok..


the park surrounding cherry beach is open..

the actual little strip that was cherry beach is gone... LOL

but you can easily park in the lot and walk up the shore a bit... there is trails and stuff... just other areas of "cherry beach" just not the usual spot...

thats my understanding...

and as for directions... i always just take a cab

Originally Posted by monstercan-D

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