Historic Vancouver Photos - Page 6

Metro-One · #**101** Posted **Nov 13, 2009, 8:23 AM**

Thanks for the video!

I can hear the birth of the Vancouver NIMBY... "Dang that Marine Building, way to tall, to many lights on at night and destroying the mountain views!"

hehe.

entheosfog · #**102** Posted **Nov 18, 2009, 4:16 AM**

I was going through some old boxes and came across an issue of the Province I had from when I visited Vancouver back in September 1996 and this was on page 5, The Abbott House:

Kinda reminds me of what's happening with The Homer, minus the being suspended over the pit part...

entheosfog · #**103** Posted **Nov 18, 2009, 4:18 AM**

And I came across this sticker as well, not bought from Expo 86 but at a flea market in Calgary a number of years ago:

ckkelley · #**104** Posted **Nov 18, 2009, 5:30 AM**

Ha! Thanks for that. What a trip.

SFUVancouver · #**105** Posted **Nov 22, 2009, 11:56 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by officedweller

Of interest - came across this book preview while Googling - talks about the freeway fight, etc.:

http://books.google.ca/books?id=tchh...age&q=&f=false

An interesting visual comparison of what 54 years of growth did to downtown Vancouver:

Source: Vancouver Ltd. (care of Google Books) pp.8-9

The CPR land grant was just astounding, yet completely worth it for bringing the railway terminus to Vancouver. The land grant is probably as large as all of Port Moody at the time of its loss of the terminus.

Source: Vancouver Ltd. (care of Google Books) p.12

The second CPR Hotel Vancouver. The current one is actually the third.

Source: Vancouver Ltd. (care of Google Books) p.16

Check out those prices.

Source: Vancouver Ltd. (care of Google Books) p.18

The numbers Walter Hardwick quoted proved to be pretty dead on, which is remarkable considering the recession that hit not long after this prediction.

Source: Vancouver Ltd. (care of Google Books) p.22

officedweller · #**106** Posted **Nov 23, 2009, 12:33 AM**

Thanks for posting.
Looks like that last pic may be of the site for 1500 West Georgia.

Stingray2004 · #**107** Posted **Nov 23, 2009, 1:09 AM**

Yeah, that's the site for the Crown Life Building, now known as 1500 W. Georgia.

PaperTiger · #**108** Posted **Nov 27, 2009, 4:54 PM**

Not often you get to see colour photography from this far back, let alone film (or video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo95I...layer_embedded

PS: another noobie here, no idea how to imbed the video from youtube.

twoNeurons · #**109** Posted **Nov 27, 2009, 5:02 PM**

Remove the spaces from this:
[ youtube ]wo95I5uKbyY[/ youtube ]

And you get this:

• Video Link

That video ID is in the URL after "v" which means... video:

youtube.com/watch?v=wo95I5uKbyY&feature=player_embedded

Locked In · #**110** Posted **Nov 28, 2009, 3:34 AM**

^ That's terrific! Great shots of the Marine building towering over downtown and the bustling streets complete with street cars.
Is there still a Harding memorial in Stanley Park?

Polelum · #**111** Posted **Dec 5, 2009, 10:35 PM**

A website to visit: http://oldmaps.ca/van1934/

SFUVancouver · #**112** Posted **Dec 7, 2009, 12:54 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by twoNeurons

Remove the spaces from this:
[ youtube ]wo95I5uKbyY[/ youtube ]

And you get this:

• Video Link

That video ID is in the URL after "v" which means... video:

youtube.com/watch?v=wo95I5uKbyY&feature=player_embedded

Thank you for explanation.

Stingray2004 · #**113** Posted **Dec 9, 2009, 6:56 PM**

Some Historic Odds and Ends:

Newly Opened Expo Boulevard - 1984 - Surrounded By a Brownfield Moonscape:

And Vancouver's Changing Social Fabric:

Stanley Park "Be-In" - 1970 - Guess Hair Salons Were Not A Profitable Venture

Easter "Be-In" - 1971

Rolling Stones Concert - Ticket Line-Up - 1972

Source: Flickr - Canadagood

s211 · #**114** Posted **Dec 9, 2009, 8:54 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stingray2004

Stanley Park "Be-In" - 1970 - Guess Hair Salons Were Not A Profitable Venture

Where hippie met filth. YAWN.

SFUVancouver · #**115** Posted **Dec 10, 2009, 6:05 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stingray2004

Source: Flickr - Canadagood

The Expo Blvd shot is amazing. BC Place simply commands the skyline.

whatnext · #**116** Posted **Dec 17, 2009, 8:39 PM**

Links to some historic theatre photos:
Rex Theatre 25 W. Hastings:
http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/dbtw...OEH=ISO-8859-1

Pantages Theatre (20 W. Hastings -not the original one which still exists):
http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/dbtw...OEH=ISO-8859-1

Windsor Theatre (Main & King Ed):
http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/dbtw...OEH=ISO-8859-1

Kerrisdale Theatre (2138 W. 41st):
http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/dbtw...OEH=ISO-8859-1

The Windsor and Kerrisdale seem to have been built from the same plans!

flight_from_kamakura · #**117** Posted **Dec 19, 2009, 12:48 AM**

maxine's (from their website, you'll have to click to get there, otherwise image resizes weird):

Dylan Leblanc · #**118** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 10:17 AM**

Sometime in the 1960s. I scanned this from a souvenir book, which I had to rip apart to scan the pages flat.

Interesting to see how the residential buildings of the West End are clustered along the shore and park.

ckkelley · #**119** Posted **Jan 10, 2010, 3:40 PM**

That's an awesome pic!

entheosfog · #**120** Posted **Jan 17, 2010, 10:36 PM**

Came across this interesting yet disturbing documentary video on how Vancouver was going to deal with 'urban blight' back in the 1960s, mostly inthe Strathcona neighbourhood. Didn't know if this should have gone in the video thread but I thought these could fit nicely in this thread, too:

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