Most Boring Post Card Ever?
Here’s the entrance to the Massey Tunnel soon after its official opening by the Queen.
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Light, Urban Design’s Best Friend
A simple but effective transformation in the urban environment. Here’s London’s Southwark Bridge under lit by a changing array of LEDs. Other bridges and overpasses throughout the city have been transformed by lighting interventions that can and do change the perception of a space that once screamed dark and dangerous. Sometimes it’s not the quantity… Continue reading Light, Urban Design’s Best Friend
Reliance Locks on the Hackney Road
Update: Check out the sign today: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2014/may/john-tanns-ghost-sign-hackney One of my favourite pieces of old advertising is found on this house at the end of a small Georgian terrace at Hackney Road and Treadway Street in London which became the home of John Tann Ltd. in 1814. The sign was done in about 1890. Like many… Continue reading Reliance Locks on the Hackney Road
Happy New Year! Family & Community Photograph at Ming Sun
What a great day at Ming Sun. Everyone came together to support the Ming Sun Society today and help recreate the 1975 family photograph. It’s the start of a Bright Future for the building. Look for the official photograph shortly. For more information: friendsof439.wordpress.com
439 Powell Celebration
Dear family, friends and supporters, Friends of 439 invites you to celebrate new beginnings and the Year of the Horse by joining us, along with members of the Ming Sun Benevolent Society, in re-creating the above photograph. We will take a multi-community, multi-generational photo to honour the building’s 125 years of history, the families and… Continue reading 439 Powell Celebration
Under the Street
Here are a couple of photos way back in 2005 when we were able to explore the Post Office tunnel that runs from Dunsmuir to Cordova Street.
No Longer an Experiment
From the Montreal Herald’s Dominion edition 1889
I Want One!
Science on the march in 1929. A gravity nulifier from the July issue of Science and Invention.
Update: Ming Sun Building Fundraising
Donations to the Friends of 439 Powell are currently being used to support a night time neighborhood watch to guard the building from additional damage and vandalism. The building’s structural soundess has been confirmed by three (yes three) engineering reports, so now the work can begin on repairing the damage done to this 123 year… Continue reading Update: Ming Sun Building Fundraising
What Floats to the Top of My Desk 