entheosfog
Oct 24, 2008, 5:05 AM
I took a walk on a gorgeous Saturday last weekend in Vancouver and just couldn't stop! I started out in East Van, close to my house, then made my way downtown, passing through Chinatown and the fringes of the Downtown Eastside.
Enjoy!
Astoria Hotel, with a recently restored neon sign that deserves a picture at night. One day I'll snap it up:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7795.jpg?t=1224639514
The Heatley Block pictured here is under the threat of demolition in favour of a library but there's a campaign underway to save it:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7796.jpg
A row of old houses in the neighbourhood of Strathcona:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7797.jpg
Also in Strathcona, I think this is a church of some kind, or used to be:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7799.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7800.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7804.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7807.jpg
This large old house and the other three beside it have all been recently repainted and somewhat restored:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7808.jpg
Looking down that same street:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7809.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7811.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7814.jpg
Oppenheimer Park, which is usually a hangout for many homeless people during the day:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7815.jpg
Across from Oppenheimer. I love the detailing of this building:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7816.jpg
Also across from Oppenheimer, these buildings deserve much better:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7817.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7818.jpg
Make-shift sign:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7823.jpg
Sunrise Market, which I always seem to photograph:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7824.jpg
Chinatown Street:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7836.jpg
Typical Chinatown store:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7835.jpg?t=1224822578
That guy on the left with the hat had a scale on the ground and was selling his own veggies!
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7834.jpg?t=1224822604
Fish mongrel:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7833.jpg?t=1224822675
More Chinatown:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7832.jpg?t=1224822702
At the corner of Main & Hastings:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7829.jpg?t=1224822727
The bottom level on this building has been vacant and boarded up for some time now but it looks like a new tenant is moving in as new windows have been going up:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7826.jpg?t=1224822870
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7825.jpg?t=1224823011
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7837.jpg
Some typical Vancouver Chinatown architecture:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7839.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7840.jpg
New beside the restored:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7841.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7842.jpg
Entrance into Chinatown from the west:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7843.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7844.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7845.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7846.jpg
The building on the left is almost done restoration with the addition of the corner cone that has been replicated to match the long lost original. These units are to become social housing, I believe:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7847.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7848.jpg
Another view of the Pennsylvania Hotel:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7849.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7854.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7855.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7856.jpg
Most of the remainder of my photos were taken on Granville Street downtown and at dusk to show off some neon signs:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7859.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7861.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7862.jpg
The pawnshops and porno shops are slowly disappearing. Many buildings on the west side of the street here are vacant at the retail level:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7863.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7864.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7865.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7866.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7867.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7868.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7870.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7872.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7873.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7874.jpg
This is the busy intersection of Burrard and Robson on a Saturday evening:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7875.jpg
Shangri-La looming over the old:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7876.jpg
Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy!
Astoria Hotel, with a recently restored neon sign that deserves a picture at night. One day I'll snap it up:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7795.jpg?t=1224639514
The Heatley Block pictured here is under the threat of demolition in favour of a library but there's a campaign underway to save it:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7796.jpg
A row of old houses in the neighbourhood of Strathcona:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7797.jpg
Also in Strathcona, I think this is a church of some kind, or used to be:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7799.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7800.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7804.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7807.jpg
This large old house and the other three beside it have all been recently repainted and somewhat restored:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7808.jpg
Looking down that same street:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7809.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7811.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7814.jpg
Oppenheimer Park, which is usually a hangout for many homeless people during the day:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7815.jpg
Across from Oppenheimer. I love the detailing of this building:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7816.jpg
Also across from Oppenheimer, these buildings deserve much better:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7817.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7818.jpg
Make-shift sign:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7823.jpg
Sunrise Market, which I always seem to photograph:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7824.jpg
Chinatown Street:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7836.jpg
Typical Chinatown store:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7835.jpg?t=1224822578
That guy on the left with the hat had a scale on the ground and was selling his own veggies!
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7834.jpg?t=1224822604
Fish mongrel:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7833.jpg?t=1224822675
More Chinatown:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7832.jpg?t=1224822702
At the corner of Main & Hastings:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7829.jpg?t=1224822727
The bottom level on this building has been vacant and boarded up for some time now but it looks like a new tenant is moving in as new windows have been going up:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7826.jpg?t=1224822870
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7825.jpg?t=1224823011
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7837.jpg
Some typical Vancouver Chinatown architecture:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7839.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7840.jpg
New beside the restored:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7841.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7842.jpg
Entrance into Chinatown from the west:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7843.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7844.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7845.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7846.jpg
The building on the left is almost done restoration with the addition of the corner cone that has been replicated to match the long lost original. These units are to become social housing, I believe:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7847.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7848.jpg
Another view of the Pennsylvania Hotel:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7849.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7854.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7855.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7856.jpg
Most of the remainder of my photos were taken on Granville Street downtown and at dusk to show off some neon signs:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7859.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7861.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7862.jpg
The pawnshops and porno shops are slowly disappearing. Many buildings on the west side of the street here are vacant at the retail level:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7863.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7864.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7865.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7866.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7867.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7868.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7870.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7872.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7873.jpg
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7874.jpg
This is the busy intersection of Burrard and Robson on a Saturday evening:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7875.jpg
Shangri-La looming over the old:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7876.jpg
Thanks for stopping by!