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It's been a while since my last photothread proper on here, so these are a little out of date, from last spring/summer to be exact. Not a lot of commentary, mostly just pics.
Enjoy!
The next bunch of pics are from the dragon boat festival that was held last summer:
Aaaaaaand moving on, this is Burnaby's Metrotown skyline:
The remaining pictures were taken on a hike at Lynn Headwaters Park, which is in the North Shore Mountains in North Vancouver, about a half hour drive from my house in east Vancouver. lots of great hiking trails up yonder:
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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
I love that you took a photo of the old Chinese artisans repainting the gate in front of the Cathay Retirement Villa in Strathcona. I rode by that every day for weeks and kept meaning to take a photo, which I never did. That photo brought a smile to my face tonight.
__________________ VANCOUVER | Beautiful, Multicultural | Canada's Pacific Metropolis
Alcatraz brought me here. Good photos of Vancouver.
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“Most planning of the past fifteen years has been based upon three destructive fallacies: the cataclysmic insists upon tearing everything down in order to design from an absolutely clean slate; the automotive would plan for the free passage of the automobile at the expense of all other values; the suburban dislikes the city anyway and would just as soon destroy its density and strew it across the countryside.” Vince Scully
Great photos of a beautiful city!..such an amazing blend of urbanity and nature
BTW.. how do Seattle and Vancouver compare? I've always been curious regarding the similarities and differences between those 2 cities. They seem as though they would be sister cities in a sort of way.
nice set as usual. the lynn headwaters ones are really nice, i've never heard of that place before.
thank you thank you. There's a ton of great hiking trails around Vancouver, that just happened to be one of the easier trails...but it did not disappoint!
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Alcatraz brought me here. Good photos of Vancouver.
Thanks! You mean the TV show? I heard parts of it are filmed here.
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Originally Posted by kingsdl76
Great photos of a beautiful city!..such an amazing blend of urbanity and nature
BTW.. how do Seattle and Vancouver compare? I've always been curious regarding the similarities and differences between those 2 cities. They seem as though they would be sister cities in a sort of way.
Thanks! The climates are pretty similar but I haven't really spent a lot of time in Seattle to compare, maybe someone else can take that task on.
Later this month when my passport arrives, I plan on taking a little weekend trip there to do some exploring.
Thanks! You mean the TV show? I heard parts of it are filmed here.
You're welcome. Yes, the TV show. Being from the SF Bay Area, it's a little disappointing that Vancouver and the surrounding area stands in for the region. Yet, Vancouver itself looks like a nice place.
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“Most planning of the past fifteen years has been based upon three destructive fallacies: the cataclysmic insists upon tearing everything down in order to design from an absolutely clean slate; the automotive would plan for the free passage of the automobile at the expense of all other values; the suburban dislikes the city anyway and would just as soon destroy its density and strew it across the countryside.” Vince Scully
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