The Vancouver park board wants to find a permanent chilling spot for a sign that has won legions of online fans since it showed up at an east side park last November.

Photos of the “Dude Chilling Park” sign began appearing on social media last November, after it was surreptitiously placed at Guelph Park (East 7th Avenue and Guelph Street) by local artist Viktor Briestensky. Even Google took notice of the online adoration and temporarily renamed the park on its popular Internet mapping tool.

The park board soon scrapped the counterfeit sign, which featured an official crest. But, next Monday the board will vote on a motion put forth by Chair Sarah Blyth asking staff to find a permanent home for the sign in a place “where all Vancouverites can enjoy it.”

“What it comes down to is it’s obviously an art piece that’s well made and intended,” Blyth said. “There’s been overwhelming amounts of ideas that have come in.”

Some of those include putting the sign back to its original posting at Guelph Park, named in 1972 after Guelph Street — which is also the family name of Queen Victoria. Others wanted it go on tour with an artist’s group or be placed at one of the city’s several unnamed parks, Blyth said.

Blyth said she talked to Briestensky, who is in Paris, this week and the artist supports the park board motion and is happy with the enduring popularity of his sign. He has said his inspiration came from a wooden sculpture in the park known as the Reclining Figure — an abstract representation of a laid-back guy by Michael Dennis.

Blyth encouraged members of the public to come to the board meeting Monday night to have their say on the sign’s future.

“There’s really a lot of people that are excited about it,” she said.

With files from Cassidy Olivier and Kent Spencer, Postmedia News

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