The Vancouver heritage Foundation has launched a new evening lecture series. I’m up on February 21st, at 7pm. Here’s the blub: Join author and civic historian John Atkin at Hycroft for “It’s All About the Light” a talk about neon, lighting, and the city. Timed to coincide with the MOV’s Neon Vancouver | Ugly Vancouver… Continue reading Talking Neon
Here’s an extraordinary bit of construction and a very green building. Milan-based architecture studio Stefano Boeri‘s Vertical Forest is a residential building duo named Bosco Verticale that can be seen in construction in the metropolitan center of Milan, Italy. This exciting green residential project was meant for growing forests in the sky and allowing residents… Continue reading Going Green
After co-writing the application for the designation it was great to be at the Dr Sun Yat Sen Garden for the announcement by Peter Kent of the granting of the National Historic Site status to Chinatown.
Imaging photographing building interiors with this…
I’ve always been curious about this little building on Carrall Street. I’m writing the text for the Heritage Foundation’s Places that Matter plaques (with Michael Kluckner) and this is one of the selected locations. It’s been interesting to dig into the history and sort it out since the official Statement of Significance for the Louvre… Continue reading The Louvre Hotel and Saloon
I’ve been working on the write ups for the Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter Plaque Program and stumbled across competing dates for the construction of the former Fountain Chapel. Depending on the source the church was either built in 1903 for the German Lutheran congregation or in 1908 for the Norwegian Lutherans. The City’s… Continue reading Fountain Chapel Mystery Solved
Popularly known as the Sun Tower, but originally built as the home of the World newspaper, the building’s architect W. T. Whiteway borrowed his inspiration for his commission from the newspaper’s New York city name sake.
I had the pleasure of speaking to the staff of the Hotel Vancouver about the history of their hotel this week. Here’s a few images of the current building as seen in postcards.
We’re half way through the summer walks for the Heritage Foundation and this was our Market Alley tour in July! My thanks to Rebecca Bishop for snapping this.
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