Historic Vancouver Photos - Page 22

Dave2 · #**421** Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 6:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by entheosfog

And I thought this was a very interesting photo, I think looking at the SE corner of Georgia and Howe in 1969:

http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/u...10-006.091.jpg

It's the little things in mundane scenes like this that make them interesting today. The 499 sign on Howe (and 1/99 on Georgia with a To 401 Freeway). Parking rates, measured in cents. And the outline of the 1891 Opera house, and its two later facades. May 4, 1969, the entire block will soon be cleared to make way for Eatons Pacific Centre.

Same Day, Robson/Granville.

http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/u...10-006.097.jpg

entheosfog · #**422** Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 7:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dave2

It's the little things in mundane scenes like this that make them interesting today. The 499 sign on Howe (and 1/99 on Georgia with a To 401 Freeway). Parking rates, measured in cents. And the outline of the 1891 Opera house, and its two later facades. May 4, 1969, the entire block will soon be cleared to make way for Eatons Pacific Centre.

That's why I have such a huge fascination with old Vancouver photos, especially ones form the 1960s-80s. Many of the photos like these were done by the city of Vanouver to just document the streets and buildings, but they hold so much information of things that don't exist anymore. Like the cabs, fashions, businesses and the things you mentioned as well. And with the high res, you can really get a lot from these photos.
Like this one, from 1974, which shows the old location of Dressew and advertising the new name:

http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/u...a2a-A60446.jpg

officedweller · #**423** Posted **Oct 3, 2012, 9:41 PM**

And the fur place next door is now Pappas Furs, right?

Dave2 · #**424** Posted **Oct 4, 2012, 1:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

And the fur place next door is now Pappas Furs, right?

Yes. http://goo.gl/maps/tbYXZ

Speaking of furs, the image i linked to yesterday was a different fur store in the 700 W. Georgia, not the one Alex Mackinnon mentioned.

On page 9 of this thread "Locked In" posted a night shot from the CBC archives dated Feb 8 1956 which shows the fur store at N/E corner of Howe/Georgia. Birks clock reads 4:38. Must be AM!

Dave2 · #**425** Posted **Oct 5, 2012, 5:59 AM**

Burrard looking south, 1946. Lot's of smoke over False Creek that day. Vancouver City Archives

http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/u...638-A15425.jpg

Alex Mackinnon · #**426** Posted **Oct 5, 2012, 3:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dave2

There is a House of Furs in this January 9 1972 photo (click link for large size)

http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/u...dcf-A21624.jpg

I think that might be it. I'll have to check with my family.

entheosfog · #**427** Posted **Nov 20, 2012, 7:49 AM**

Hey ya'll, I recently started a Facebook page dedicated to Vancouver history through photos. It's still in its infancy but I'm hoping it will grow into something.

https://www.facebook.com/VancouverThen

officedweller · #**428** Posted **Jan 9, 2013, 12:39 AM**

Burrard Building at Changing Vancouver website.
An example of a spandrel disaster being "righted" to resemble the original render?

http://changingvancouver.wordpress.c...rard-building/

Klazu · #**429** Posted **Jan 9, 2013, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Burrard Building at Changing Vancouver website.

Well that worked out pretty nicely. I would have never guessed this building is 19 floors under the glass exterior.

"The building is still popular with tenants, and vacant suites are generally leased quickly. Although the site is one of very few Downtown that has no viewcones crossing it – and hence no height limit for a replacement building – leases on the few suites on offer today are for up to 10 years, suggesting the owners are in no hurry to cash in on its redevelopment potential."

phesto · #**430** Posted **Jan 9, 2013, 1:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Well that worked out pretty nicely. I would have never guessed this building is 19 floors under the glass exterior.

"The building is still popular with tenants, and vacant suites are generally leased quickly. Although the site is one of very few Downtown that has no viewcones crossing it – and hence no height limit for a replacement building – leases on the few suites on offer today are for up to 10 years, suggesting the owners are in no hurry to cash in on its redevelopment potential."

Rumours floating around that it may be sold sooner than later...

Klazu · #**431** Posted **Jan 9, 2013, 2:41 AM**

I hope to see a ~250m building on that lot one day. There is no better place in Downtown to have like that. It would crown Downtown nicely (and my view).

officedweller · #**432** Posted **Jan 14, 2013, 10:49 PM**

From Heritage Vancouver Flickr:

1958 Post Office concept. I wonder whether it can support a tower as shown?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritag...in/photostream

1958 Post Office - As Built

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritag...n/photostream/

s211 · #**433** Posted **Jan 15, 2013, 12:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritag...n/photostream/

I can almost smell the fuel from the Jet Age in that picture. That rocks!

Architype · #**434** Posted **Jan 15, 2013, 6:46 AM**

I like the P.O, but always wondered why it was built with only that very small section on top. After seeing that rendering I think there is a good chance it was built to structurally support more floors forming a tower as shown.

officedweller · #**435** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 5:34 AM**

Here are the images of the TD Tower and Eaton's designed by IM Pei from Appendix F of the 725 Granville redvelopment application. Note that TD Tower was originally to be 44 floors (Cesar Pelli changed the skin to all glass).

http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/commit...-granville.pdf

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spaceprobe · #**436** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 6:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Here are the images of the TD Tower and Eaton's designed by IM Pei from Appendix F of the 725 Granville redvelopment application. Note that TD Tower was originally to be 44 floors (Cesar Pelli changed the skin to all glass).

http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/commit...-granville.pdf

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why were there so many towers that were originally proposed to be taller...all ultimately built shorter? There wasn't height restrictions back then...

officedweller · #**437** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 7:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by spaceprobe

why were there so many towers that were originally proposed to be taller...all ultimately built shorter? There wasn't height restrictions back then...

Probably economic factors (i.e. pre-leasing to tenants).
The current Canaccord Tower (form Stock Exchnage Tower, a part of Pacific Centre) was supposed to be taller if BC Tel had taken space, but they built "The Boot" in Burnaby instead.

connect2source · #**438** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 4:14 PM**

It's rather unfortunate that IM Pei wasn't the architect, his fame just may have resonated enough to garner the Eaton's building some sort of heritage 20 year status thereby preserving the integrity of what would have been an iconic landmark.

I love IM Pei's layout to the towers in both PC South and North, the interplay reminds me of Mies van der Rohe's positioning of the TD Centre in Toronto. This would have had such presence as opposed to the current mishmash of the IBM, Canaccord and Four Season's structures. I wonder if IM Pei was proposing any natural light, glass roof for the mall portions of Pacific Centre North?

s211 · #**439** Posted **Jan 16, 2013, 5:21 PM**

Those notches in the original tower footplate sure are strange...

Dylan Leblanc · #**440** Posted **Jan 20, 2013, 7:49 AM**

rad!