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
Imagine if we could bring back the elegance and sophistication of the hotel’s original design… this is the east lobby. Libraries and Archives Canada MIKAN 3355699
There may have been a special occasion when the photo of the Brunswick Hotel on Hastings was taken since everyone is posing. Here’s a delightful woman in the upper floor window. City of Vancouver Archives photo: CVA 677-5
Here’s the challenge from Twitter: The battle over the precise location of the Brunswick Bar rages: flickr.com/photos/jmv/767…changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/the… And here’s how the precise location was determined… My thanks to Andy Coupland for the map work. Determine what is around your site where the location is confirmed. 23-29 – Wood Vallance Leggat; known location http://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/wood-vallance-and-leggat-west-hastings-street/ built c1899. 1907 Directory says… Continue reading Maps, Location and Hotels
Looking through some Archive photos today and found a unidentified scene. And way in the background is this lovely vignette of a woman getting into a rowboat. The child is already aboard.
Here’s the Russ House Hotel – today’s Ming Sun Society building seen from across Oppenheimer Park, back then known as the Powell Street Grounds, in the 1890s showing its original form. A really big enlargement pulling the building out of the background.
From Michael Turner’s excellent blog… “On Friday I attended a press conference regarding the City-ordered demolition of a 122-year-old building at 441 Powell Street. The conference was organized by Instant Coffee, a “service-oriented artist collective,” who, at present, rent the building’s storefront and a portion of its rear space from the Ming Sun Reading Room,… Continue reading 437 Powell Street
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There is a movement to have the new library on East Hastings named in honor of local resident Mary Chan. Mary was instrumental in organizing the Strathcona Community against urban renewal and the freeway. Her daughter Shirley says “Mary worked hard to canvas community…
The news stand at the Royal Bank, Main and Hastings. CVA99-3272
From Popular Science, 1929
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