This is going to be fun, the images look amazing. Here’s the blurb from the Space centre: Join John Atkin and Michael Kluckner in the Space Centre’s digital Planetarium Star Theatre for a look back at Vancouver as you’ve never seen it before. This “indoor” digital walking tour allows a unique way to experience the… Continue reading The Space Centre Presents: Through the Lens: Building Vancouver’s History
Houston City Hall was designed by Joseph Finger an Austrian-born Texan. Construction started in 1938. Vancouver’s City Hall was designed by the firm of Townley and Matheson. Construction began in 1936. Both buildings reflect the Art Moderne style popular in the period and are similar to a number of government buildings notably through the southwest… Continue reading Houston | Vancouver
With various states passing anti evolution laws, Popular Science wrote about educators efforts to teach without actually teaching…. and how many were getting around the laws.
Found in a 1929 issue of Popular Science. I’m assuming fortunes were not made with this enterprise…
It’s interesting to see how often Vancouver made the news in the early days and for what. New Water Works Vancouver, B. C, March 26th.— At 11:10 last night the water from Capilano river, across Burrard inlet, reached this city through the pipes of the Vancouver Water Works Company across the mouth of the harbor.… Continue reading Turning on the Taps and…
CANADIAN PACIFIC WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGE Superintendent Denies Rumor That Coast Port Is to Be Removed From Vancouver. VANCOUVER. B. C, April 7. — R. Marpole, general superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, denies the report that it is the company’s intention to make Quitsino [sic], on the west coast of Vancouver Island its… Continue reading Imagine if…
I’m quite thrilled to be presenting a CINEMA SALON with one of my favourite London films, The Pool of London. Tuesday September 3, 7:30pm POOL OF LONDON DIRECTOR: Basil Dearden CAST: Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron, Susan Shaw UK, 1951, 85 minutes Tickets available soon at VIFF.org Once a month, Melanie Friesen invites a distinguished guest to… Continue reading Pool of London at VIFF Tuesday September 3, 7:30pm
A portion of the overly optimistic report from the Quebec Saturday Budget newspaper March 4, 1899. The City, Park Board and federal government would continue fighting over who controlled the island until the 1930s when it was handed to the navy as HCMS Discovery. Probably better than the proposed sawmill.
Fort Langley needs your help. Check out the poster. hoh_flyer_2
The ‘Vancouver Park’ Dedicated. Vancouver, B. C, September 27th There was a general holiday here to-day on the occasion of opening the public park, a magnificent domain of 1100 acres, in the western part of the city, on the shore of the inlet and gulf. A procession went from the City Hall to the park, where the Mayor of Vancouver, the Provincial… Continue reading Celebrating the Opening of Stanley Park
What Floats to the Top of My Desk 