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Originally Posted by Overground
That's a decorative arch built in 1927 for the visit of the Duke of Windsor(future King Edward VIII)...the famous one that abdicated.
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you got it.
notice the birks and the second hotel vancouver in the background (pic from city archives).
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Originally Posted by Overground
Looks like they had a pretty good flag pole back then in front of the Courthouse.
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yep, enormous. it was in all the papers when it was built, the tallest pole in western canada they said (true). lol (pic from city archives).
