Historic Vancouver Photos

[Dave2]

Originally Posted by entheosfog

Hey ya'll, I recently started a Facebook page dedicated to Vancouver history through photos. It's still in its infancy but I'm hoping it will grow into something.

https://www.facebook.com/VancouverThen

8 months later

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – What happens when you combine a love of local history with some social media savvy? You might just come up with the “Vancouver Then” Facebook group!

“Vancouver Then” shows photos dating back a century"

which anyone can do (and has done).... it's the captions explaining the story behind the photos that makes VT tick.

Vancouver Household names

Walter Mulligan
George Lister Thornton Sharp
Lt. Col. William Frederick Richard Hart-McHarg.
John Hendry
Con Jones
Gustav Konstantin Alvo von Alvensleben

and this guy.



http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploa...d33-baca-4c1a05aceb2c-CVA1477-561.55.jpg
http://www.news1130.com/2013/07/20/facebook-page-celebrates-history-of-vancouver/

[spm2013]

Originally Posted by Alex Mackinnon

That's a good one. You can almost recognize people looking out the windows. Thanks.

Not sure if you've seen these ones from the Vancouver Archives:

Inside 797 Georgia



Storefront (fur store isn't there in the shot):



Another one during the funeral of Brigadier General Duff Stuart:

[hollywoodnorth]

pics and story from the Vancouver TRADER VICS!

http://spacing.ca/vancouver/2012/09/19/restaurants-that-changed-vancouver-trader-vics/

[Dave2]

Originally Posted by Alex Mackinnon

That's a good one. You can almost recognize people looking out the windows. Thanks.

There are countless similar photos of the parade in the 700 block.

http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/not-yet-described-206;rad

[Dylan Leblanc]

Here's a postcard showing downtown in the late 1960s

[Klazu]

The square in front of VAG has looked much nicer back then, minus the trees that are there nowadays.

[spm2013]

The MacBlo building is unrecognizable from the side

[red-paladin]

Still miss the medical building.

[phesto]

I forgot about those sculptures lining Georgia. I wonder how long they were there for? Here's a close up photo:


Corner of Howe and Georgia by carver17, on Flickr

They look as though they were ugly as all hell, but cool to see something so ambitious...probably couldn't do those today!

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by spm2013

The MacBlo building is unrecognizable from the side

That's the side view that's supposed to resemble two douglas fir tree trunks - there's a slight flare towards the bottom.

Interesting that the square had more paving then than there is now (the lawn / wood chip area is currently bigger than shown)

[jsbertram]

Originally Posted by red-paladin

Still miss the medical building.

... and the Rhea sisters?

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Here's a postcard showing downtown in the late 1960s

Looking at photos like that make me call BS on the city's stats that traffic has been falling coming into downtown, or Gordon Price tumpeting that volumes are equal to 1965. Anyone who has lived and driven here for decades knows thats crap.

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Looking at photos like that make me call BS on the city's stats that traffic has been falling coming into downtown, or Gordon Price tumpeting that volumes are equal to 1965. Anyone who has lived and driven here for decades knows thats crap.

Without a doubt. I used to cross the city through downtown without hesitation all the time. Now it's only for dire circumstances. Only seen my brother at his place twice since he moved to Whalley and then South Surrey.

Stats can say anything you want them to say.

[spm2013]

When in doubt, throw up fake numbers and charts to support your agenda.

Like when they claim that the implementation of bicycle lanes causes less accidents. Well when you stop right turns on a red along that route then of course there is going to be less accidents. So is it a bike lane or the no turning on a red that is making things safer.

The only plausible reduction they should be claiming is any difference in accidents mid-block involving bicycles and cars.

[spm2013]

Also, knowing how these guys fudge numbers I wouldn't put it past them to take numbers during the Olympics when roads were closed down and compare that to 1965 numbers. And yes, there were multiple shooters on November 22.

http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/extraordinary-facts-2010-downtown-traffic-volumes-1965/

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by spm2013

When in doubt, throw up fake numbers and charts to support your agenda.

Like when they claim that the implementation of bicycle lanes causes less accidents. Well when you stop right turns on a red along that route then of course there is going to be less accidents. So is it a bike lane or the no turning on a red that is making things safer.

The only plausible reduction they should be claiming is any difference in accidents mid-block involving bicycles and cars.

So your counterpoint is simply that you don't agree with the numbers they've supplied? Great argument.

[spm2013]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

So your counterpoint is simply that you don't agree with the numbers they've supplied? Great argument.

Well I agree with the accidents and intersection numbers. But they're taking credit for safety improvements related to accidents caused by right turn lanes. Sure you wouldn't have those restrictions without the lane.

[s211]

A whole bunch of staff in our office are now waiting an extra hour or so before leaving the office because vehicular traffic's gotten so bad during rush hour.

And these are people that need their cars so don't go on another f'ing rant about why aren't they on transit. And speaking of transit, many people in the office that use transit are fed up with how overcrowded and slow it is.

Sorry, off topic. Back to really awesome golden age pictures.

[GlassCity]

Originally Posted by s211

A whole bunch of staff in our office are now waiting an extra hour or so before leaving the office because vehicular traffic's gotten so bad during rush hour.

And these are people that need their cars so don't go on another f'ing rant about why aren't they on transit. And speaking of transit, many people in the office that use transit are fed up with how overcrowded and slow it is.

Sorry, off topic. Back to really awesome golden age pictures.

Transit will never be as comfortable as driving, but it's really not as bad as some people pretend it is. I've stood on "crowded" skytrains before while people wait for the next one, even though there is plenty of space. This is a dense city of 2.3 million, of course it will be crowded. And they could always drive to a park and ride so they don't have to bus.

You say that they think it's too slow, but wouldn't it be faster than sitting in an office for an hour waiting for the cars to clear?

[s211]

Originally Posted by GlassCity

Transit will never be as comfortable as driving, but it's really not as bad as some people pretend it is. I've stood on "crowded" skytrains before while people wait for the next one, even though there is plenty of space. This is a dense city of 2.3 million, of course it will be crowded. And they could always drive to a park and ride so they don't have to bus.

You say that they think it's too slow, but wouldn't it be faster than sitting in an office for an hour waiting for the cars to clear?

When a lady in the office complains that a bus was so crowded she had to stand on one foot a, declares it the last straw and denounces transit, and she's a card-carrying leftie, and would rather sit in traffic than stand on a bus, then you know the system is failing.