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Old Posted Jul 9, 2020, 7:33 PM
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I imagine the awning wasn't added as an architectural gesture but a functioning part of a real store back in the day. They thankfully, never removed it.
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Old Posted Jul 9, 2020, 10:43 PM
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2020, 11:19 PM
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Some real gems in there. I love that lazy summer vibe in Montreal.
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Old Posted Jul 15, 2020, 2:41 AM
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wicked Mtl set.
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Old Posted Jul 15, 2020, 12:23 PM
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This one is really something else, just sitting there like it's no big deal. Amazing.
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Old Posted Jul 20, 2020, 6:04 PM
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Absolutely dreamy...
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Old Posted Jul 20, 2020, 7:54 PM
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The coolest parts of big cities are usually not the parts with the skyscrapers (except maybe, and by no means certain, NYC). As amply demonstrated by every Montreal set on this thread. Woot.

Nobody ever went to Paris just to see "La Defense" or to go up la Tour Montparnasse (yes, I've been to both, but 99.999% of my many visits to Paris, I was out exploring the neighborhoods).
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2020, 5:39 PM
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2020, 8:33 PM
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2020, 8:36 PM
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Old Posted Jul 24, 2020, 8:51 PM
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^^^ Wow!
Thanks mc! No skyscrapers in that pic but it's pretty good looking.
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Old Posted Jul 26, 2020, 6:35 AM
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a late evening stroll around Coquitlam/Burquitlam/Lougheed area

IMG_20200725_222817 by snub_you, on Flickr

IMG_20200725_222639 by snub_you, on Flickr

IMG_20200725_222940 by snub_you, on Flickr

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the skytrain guideway has nice plantings underneath and is lit up at night
IMG_20200725_223055 by snub_you, on Flickr

This side of the street is Coquitlam, across the street is Burnaby
IMG_20200725_223106 by snub_you, on Flickr

Ombre effect of lights along the skytrain
IMG_20200725_223156 by snub_you, on Flickr

Kokoro is a new addition, a ramen chain from Japan, i think this is their 3rd Vancouver area location, its quite popular and usually has a lineup outside at dinner time
IMG_20200725_223432 by snub_you, on Flickr

IMG_20200725_223404 by snub_you, on Flickr

there is a light/art installation on the side of a new condo
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new wide sidewalk outside a new condo tower
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24 hour Churchs Chicken usually has a lineup, when I walked past there must have been a dozen or so people waiting for chicken around 10:30
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A save-on-foods grocery store with other shops on the Burnaby side of the street
IMG_20200725_223629 by snub_you, on Flickr

Lougheed Heights to the north, the 3 storey condo on the left will be replaced by a tower soon, I believe all the owners have agreed to sell.
IMG_20200725_223719 by snub_you, on Flickr

One of the new public walkways beside a new tower
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a new street that is currently blocked off, will come into play one day when the neighbouring building is redeveloped
IMG_20200725_223856 by snub_you, on Flickr

the Christmas Tree is on top of Christmas Manor, an senior care facility being surrounded by new condo towers.
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Another new public walkway, the right side will probably be redeveloped soon
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Two new towers rising in the back
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Metrotown off in the distance
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Old Posted Jul 27, 2020, 5:43 PM
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Drove up Castlegar's lake (Arrow). It has an Okanagan/California vibe with the dryness + water:

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Old Posted Jul 27, 2020, 6:00 PM
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Montreal is a hard act to follow!
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Old Posted Jul 27, 2020, 7:20 PM
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I just went back home for a little while (kept my apt in Van and will return later) and could not resist checking out Canada's Tropical Playground for myself, since I was passing near.

Even the sun on the welcome sign looks scorching...

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This is kind of the main street. It is (and I'm not making this up) named Pacific Street. This is where all the tropical oceanfront real estate is located.


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There might be a decent building hiding under that brown industrial siding. Looks old enough (the side is a stone wall) and in the next post, you'll see evidence that it's likely two older buildings merged into one.

(Would explain the architectural imbalance between the two sad little windows on one side (Building A) and no windows on the Building B side.)

The yellow building (vacant) was for sale. I obviously had to look it up.

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...ve-maple-creek

...... honestly, I'd pass unless the seller removes a zero from the price.

You'll also note the temperature (+16C). No, it's not photoshopped. "Colder than Alaska?" Probably.

In all fairness, it was early morning


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This little black Civic coupe visible in the pic, bought for a song in Vancouver, just took me home to Eastern Quebec averaging <6L/100km over the 5000 km of the trip. More info about it is available in another SSP thread

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This is where the other main street begins, Jasper street (starts to the left of the pic). There's that huge silo building right there, on the other side of the street - so one side of the "downtown" is basically a giant parking.

According to the mural posted in the other post (full size), this parking lot used to be full of train tracks. Feels weird to have buildings on one side only, though it's exotic a bit, in a quite Western way.

These three pics are from turning slightly right, there was no way to capture this otherwise.


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This is Jasper St, the other commercial street.

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I'm posting the last pic as a separate post because it's in original size and would mess up this post otherwise. That mural is somewhat interesting, you can recognize individual buildings. That's how I know the brown POS building from earlier is two older ones merged together... It also tells us the downtown was one street wall only, with open train tracks across the street.
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