The Holborn Group’s refusal to excise the Trump name from their Georgia Street project is an insult to all residents of Vancouver. Regardless of whether it is private property, that there are contracts or operating agreements in place, Holborn is morally and ethically wrong to continue to promote the name of someone who is openly… Continue reading It’s Quite Simple: Dump Trump
Tom Carter and I are at the Vancouver Historical Society in October
A previous owner of our 1890s house decided to build all sorts of brick walls in the basement, none of them hold anything up, or actually have a purpose. They just exist. So, when the drain pipe for the kitchen sink needed repairs I had to first dismantle a six foot by three feet by… Continue reading Three Fingers and a Thumb
The conceptual design for the Vancouver Art Gallery was unveiled yesterday. It’s a perfect Vancouver building. There’s no extraneous swirls or doodads ala Gehry, just a thoughtful response to the program and site. There are echoes of the architecture of coastal First Nations, the Pacific Rim (it’s almost pagoda like in some aspects) and the… Continue reading A Very Vancouver Building
Upstairs in the library is a favourite chair of mine. It’s a rocking chair made out of an unknown wood, inlaid with some mother of pear and it features some interesting carved and turned details. In 2004, we toured Lebanon and then went back to Damascus for a week. Damascus is one of my favourite… Continue reading A Chair, Coffee and Wondering…
Here are a few walks coming up in July and August. July 22nd. Strathcona Meet at the corner of Princess and Keefer in front of the community centre We haven’t done a Strathcona walk in sometime and a lot has happened in the neighbourhood. We’ll be looking at neighbourhood history and new developments. — August 12th. The… Continue reading Upcoming Walks
The Vancouver Heritage Foundation and the DVBIA unveiled the latest set of Places That Matter plaques on June 26, 2015. It was a great celebration. The five plaques focus on various aspects of the role West Hastings Street has played in the development of the city; finance, the port, parades, tourism and the early residents.… Continue reading Old Landmarks Going….
Sydney Morning Herald 1989 What’s interesting in this article are the stats presented on who was moving to the city in 1989. Close to 15000 folks came from Hong Kong that year, while over 32000 came from Alberta and 22000 from Ontario.
In 1907, the Dawson Daily news reported on Vancouver…
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