Vancouver Photography - Page 67

bulliver · #**1321** Posted **Oct 29, 2009, 12:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by nova9

The Beetles are the art feature at King Edward Station on the Canada Line

Is this a permanent or temporary piece? I love it!

SpongeG · #**1322** Posted **Oct 29, 2009, 12:34 AM**

yah they are cool

how could someone not know the rocket1!! its a landmark - i remember terry david mulligan standing beside it doing his show ok that ages me lol

zivan56 · #**1323** Posted **Oct 29, 2009, 2:15 AM**

Nice pics folks!

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2624/4046152350_bc761f983e_b.jpg

I get my hair cut here. The angry old Asian guy is the best barber in town

nova9 · #**1324** Posted **Oct 29, 2009, 5:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by bulliver

Is this a permanent or temporary piece? I love it!

i'm not sure actually. can anyone else enlighten us?

raggedy13 · #**1325** Posted **Oct 29, 2009, 7:39 AM**

I'm not too certain whether the Beetle installation is permanent. It is either part of the 2009-2011 Sculpture Biennale (in which case it is only permanent if at the end citizens vote to keep it and the City buys it, like what happened with a few at the end of the last biennale), or it is part of a series of Emily Carr grad student pieces which were added along the Canada Line. In the latter case I have no idea if they are meant to be permanent or not. However, it is installed between the sidewalk and a surface parking lot. I can't imagine the parking lot will last long being directly next to the station entrance. If that is the case I assume the Beetles will have to be moved otherwise they'll be blocking a large section of the front of any building going in there (not to mention getting in the way during construction).

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Originally Posted by nova9

Raggedy I hope you don't mind someone else answering.

The Beetles are the art feature at King Edward Station on the Canada Line and the Rocket was part of Expo 86 and is located near the cambie St. Bridge.

Don't mind at all.

I'll just add in that the rocket has sentimental value for me as my great-grandfather was one of the sheet metal workers who constructed the original (built in 1936). The one presently at Cambie is a replica which was built in time for Expo '86.

Here's a pic of a more informative plaque beneath the rocket:

And here are a couple more of the Beetles:

Metro-One · #**1326** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 1:29 AM**

Hello, here are some pics from Pitt Meadows today (near where I live). Vancouver proper gets most of the regional spotlight, but there are many beautiful areas to visit in the burbs!

These are the Golden Ears mountains which loom over Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge

These mountains are beside the Golden Ears, and this is a pick from the New Pitt River bridge looking up the Pitt River.

Lots of farming in this part of the metro.

And one more of the Golden Ears (a set of mountains I have grown up looking up to my entire life, and have hiked many of times)

It was a perfect day for pics, 12 degrees and sunny!

All pics are my own.

Cheers

Yume-sama · #**1327** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 1:48 AM**

Ohh, that does look like a truly beautiful area! Nice pics!

Locked In · #**1328** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 4:53 AM**

^ Great pics Metro. I haven't been out that way in years, and had forgotten how scenic it is. Thanks.

raggedy13 · #**1329** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 5:44 AM**

Sure is some beautiful scenery in that part of the world.

Thanks for the pics, Metro-One.

Rusty Gull · #**1330** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 5:45 AM**

^Stunning!

Metro-One · #**1331** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 5:50 AM**

Thanks a lot guys! It is amazing what we have waiting for us at every corner of this city.

subdude · #**1332** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 6:40 PM**

A fall shot for you (Bute and Haro):

dreambrother808 · #**1333** Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 7:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Hello, here are some pics from Pitt Meadows today (near where I live). Vancouver proper gets most of the regional spotlight, but there are many beautiful areas to visit in the burbs!

Great pics, Metro! I was leaving Vancouver on my way back to the Okanagan yesterday and had pretty much the exact same thoughts.

Pennywise604 · #**1334** Posted **Nov 6, 2009, 8:25 AM**

Mammatus clouds over North Delta (Scott Rd. @ 64th Av)

These are beautiful clouds, but they are indicative of a major/severe thunderstorm nearby. Taken on October 26th, 2009, at 5:15pm. The storm missed all of Metro Vancouver luckily, but to our south Bellingham/Mount Vernon got hammered. These cloud are so rare to see in Vancouver, that I've only ever seen them 3 times including this one in my whole life. The others were in July of 1997, where Metro Vancouver was put under a severe thunderstorm warning for probably the first and only time in it's history, and May of 2002.

mcminsen · #**1335** Posted **Nov 6, 2009, 9:33 AM**

Under Cambie Bridge, looking north, August 1st, 2005 (my pic)

mcminsen · #**1336** Posted **Nov 6, 2009, 9:45 AM**

Shaw Tower (my pic)

Prometheus · #**1337** Posted **Nov 6, 2009, 3:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

Under Cambie Bridge, looking north (my pic)

How many years ago did you take that photo?

mcminsen · #**1338** Posted **Nov 6, 2009, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

How many years ago did you take that photo?

At least 3 or 4. I realize now that the view of BC Place Stadium is not like that from that vantage point now. The towers at Coopers Park would be in the way. Also, if they do eventually build towers immediately around BC Place Stadium the view as seen in this photo would show the stadium substantially obscured.

I'm a real newbie at posting pics so I'll try to make a point of including info about the date a pic was taken. Thanks! :-)

zivan56 · #**1339** Posted **Nov 6, 2009, 11:26 PM**

^^ According to the EXIF data: 2005:08:01 16:11:52

I have some pics from 2003 from my place and QE park. Basically, there is a huge difference looking from here towards GM Place.

Locked In · #**1340** Posted **Nov 9, 2009, 2:09 AM**

Two snaps of Fall in Vancouver: