Historic Vancouver Photos - Page 8

whatnext · #**141** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 3:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by twoNeurons

Actually, i believe that "Khatsalano" is one of the correct pronunciations... in fact, if I'm not mistaken, that's what the area used to be called before it was anglicized.

Indeed it was Chief Khatsalano, but nobody uses that pronunciation or spelling when referring to the neighbourhood or beach. I'm just surprised their research wasn't better.

jsbertram · #**142** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 3:58 PM**

Kind of amusing, since there are so many Indian names & phrases in use around Seattle (thats one of them!) like Tulalip, Issaquah, Duwamish, Kennewick, Salish, Cowlitz, Tokitae and Samish off the top of my head.

I doubt our modern pronunciations & spelling of these names would make sense to a someone who used these native languages 100 years ago.

Locally, I've heard "t'wassn" and "sa-wazn" and "saw-wassin" for the name of the ferry terminal.

trofirhen · #**143** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 4:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

An excellent video on the early history and development of South Granville (including interesting information about the original Vancouver street car line), hosted by Vancouver historian John Atkin:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SouthGra.../6/tKHVHG2VhZc

Great video! Really informative. Too bad that the depression of 1913 hit just as the area was taking off. Had that not happened, South Granville would have been THE focal point for Vancouver south of False Creek, almost like a second, smaller downtown.

SpongeG · #**144** Posted **Jul 2, 2010, 1:30 AM**

from flickr Dave2 via the buzzer

osirisboy · #**145** Posted **Jul 2, 2010, 2:28 AM**

What was there in the place that stupid parking lot is now

jsbertram · #**146** Posted **Jul 2, 2010, 5:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

What was there in the place that stupid parking lot is now

um, theres more than ONE parking lot to choose from;
can you be quite a bit more specific what *that stupid parking lot* you're referring to?

hollywoodnorth · #**147** Posted **Jul 2, 2010, 6:31 AM**

ya I always wondered what the Multilevel Parkade at Beatty and Pender used to be also......my bet would be it was a collection of smaller buildings.

anyone know what year it went up? that would be a good clue to work from....

SpongeG · #**148** Posted **Jul 2, 2010, 9:22 AM**

the picture is apparently from 1981...

hollywoodnorth · #**149** Posted **Jul 2, 2010, 9:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

the picture is apparently from 1981...

cool so we know b4 1981 for sure

(http://www.globalairphotos.com/large...own/1982/081/2 that photo shows it up as well clearly in 1982)

onward to look for more photos....70's is my guess does not look like 60's construction in person. that site is PRIME for Redevelopment....it screams MIXED use to me especially "institutional". another prime redevelopment site is the VCC jumble of buildings next door.

delboy · #**150** Posted **Jul 2, 2010, 1:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

cool so we know b4 1981 for sure

(http://www.globalairphotos.com/large...own/1982/081/2 that photo shows it up as well clearly in 1982)

onward to look for more photos....70's is my guess does not look like 60's construction in person. that site is PRIME for Redevelopment....it screams MIXED use to me especially "institutional". another prime redevelopment site is the VCC jumble of buildings next door.

the 1970's was an era of function over form. there are a number of them dotted around vancouver. I particularly loathe the one next to the harbour centre which looks like it is about to fall down.

I imagine we will gradually see them vanish over the next decade or so.

Prometheus · #**151** Posted **Aug 19, 2010, 5:03 PM**

Recognize this building?: http://www.flickr.com/photos/4537981...n/photostream/

LeftCoaster · #**152** Posted **Aug 19, 2010, 5:52 PM**

Wow, it kinda looked like a dump back then too.

officedweller · #**153** Posted **Aug 19, 2010, 7:49 PM**

Are you confusing it with Seymour & Davie?

The caption says Seymour & Smithe (i.e. Orpheum parking garage)

whatnext · #**154** Posted **Aug 19, 2010, 8:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

Recognize this building?: http://www.flickr.com/photos/4537981...n/photostream/

Isn't that long gone? Were you thinking of this one, which is now Staples:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4537981...n/photostream/

Prometheus · #**155** Posted **Aug 19, 2010, 10:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Are you confusing it with Seymour & Davie?

The caption says Seymour & Smithe (i.e. Orpheum parking garage)

Yes, I did assume it was Seymour & Davie. Notwithstanding the caption, I still wonder whether it is in fact not Seymour & Davie. The Money's building really looks like a repurposed version of this old building. For instance, compare the Money's office space with the garage's office space. They seem identical.

BCPhil · #**156** Posted **Aug 20, 2010, 12:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

ya I always wondered what the Multilevel Parkade at Beatty and Pender used to be also......my bet would be it was a collection of smaller buildings.

anyone know what year it went up? that would be a good clue to work from....

After searching through the Vancouver Archives, it looks like it was the location of the Vancouver City Health Department Building, which included some green space on Pender Street.

Source: Vancouver City Archives

I can't find much information about the building itself.

LeftCoaster · #**157** Posted **Aug 20, 2010, 6:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Are you confusing it with Seymour & Davie?

The caption says Seymour & Smithe (i.e. Orpheum parking garage)

Davie is definitely what I was picturing. I think it might just be mislabeled, as it looks identical, although I suppose the design isnt exactly rare...

SpongeG · #**158** Posted **Aug 20, 2010, 8:27 AM**

it has to be misblabelled caquse it no longer exists at seymour and smithe

jsbertram · #**159** Posted **Aug 20, 2010, 8:03 PM**

VPL has another photo of 898 Seymour Street as "Cheeseman's Garage Under Construction"

http://www3.vpl.ca/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbt...OEH=ISO-8859-1

I doubt there would be two mis-captioned photos of the same Cheeseman's Garage with both of them getting the address wrong.

officedweller · #**160** Posted **Aug 20, 2010, 9:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Davie is definitely what I was picturing. I think it might just be mislabeled, as it looks identical, although I suppose the design isnt exactly rare...

I recognized the similarity with the building that used to be @ Davie - that's why I mentioned it.
If the decsription is accurate, I suppose it could be the predecessor to the Orpheum parkades. I recall that an underground oil storage tank was removed from the ground level Seymour side of the parkade a while back (within the past 10 years (before Dolce Vita went up)) - so there was probably a gas station of some sort on the site.