Tag: heritage
The Russ House Hotel 1890s
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.
Hands on Fort Langley Heritage
Fort Langley needs your help. Check out the poster. hoh_flyer_2
Special Event! We’re collaborating with Science World for an evening walk and movie.
For the last evening showing of the IMAX film Rocky Mountain Express we’re running the All Aboard tour again. August 29th – All Aboard! 2: The railway and industrial history of the eastern False Creek. False Creek was home to a number of railway companies including the Great Northern, Canadian National, and the Canadian Pacific. On… Continue reading Special Event! We’re collaborating with Science World for an evening walk and movie.
In The Background: Good Deal on Pie & Coffee
The Alhambra Cafe offering coffee and pie for 5 cents, meals start at 15 cents. 1916 prices. CVA 371-757
Sketching the City
My friend Jo Scott B has been sketching some of the buildings we’ve been looking at during our UBC Continuing Studies course. Check them out on her site http://www.joscottb.com/joscottb.com/Vancouver_sketchbook_2013.html
Interesting Juxtaposition
Walking through the area near the High Line in New York I saw this interesting piece. The longer I look at it the more I like it. It shouldn’t work, but it does.
Trouble in Instanbul?
Working-class neighborhoods have been cleared of their inhabitants to make way for villas and hotels. Public schools and hospitals, some in historic buildings, are being sold to private developers. And a third bridge across the Bosporus is planned, which would bring roads and development to a large swath of forest land in the city’s northern… Continue reading Trouble in Instanbul?
The Louvre Hotel and Saloon
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
What Floats to the Top of My Desk 