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Hiding the Renovation

The Hotel Vancouver is under going some external renovations and on Georgia Street they have printed the facade on a screen and hung this over the scaffolding. This is used in Europe to hide construction work at popular monuments, and it works well here.

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Hotel Vancouver Under Construction

Click on the image. Construction progress photograph showing signs for E.J. Ryan Contracting Company and for Dominion Bridge and the roof of Wesley United Church, part of the Court House grounds and the west side of the 700 Block of Hornby Street. City of Vancouver Archives Photo 99-3669