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Although very beautiful, Vancouver is a cultural backwater which I quickly discovered when I moved there. The pace is maddeningly slow. But they do have fantastic rhododendrons. I might move back when I'm dead.

Fingers crossed that they don't face the same underground water issues plagued Murano.

The only whiffy bit I remember of Baldwin in the 60's was the hippy incense from Yellow Ford Truck.

Wow adma, you are absolutely right (not that I doubted you). I passed by this evening to check them out. I bowled for 3 years in the late 70s at the Olympia Lanes in the Judy Garland Memorial Bowling League but I guess the excessive rye & cokes blurred my vision to the reliefs. Thanks for...

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Where does one draw the line? Four walls and a roof is a rip off. I think we should be satisfied to have what looks to be a stellar project without agonizing about the provenance of the design intent. Originality is a rare commodity in any profession. I agree with Automation Gallery that we...

Those house on Glen Road have been boarded up since the late 1970s.

Its the baby boomers

Pearl looking west to Glas

I seem to recall seeing a lot of gorgeous yellow brick Victorians and some very sumptuous mansions in the area near the school for the deaf. Here's hoping for a brighter future for a down-but-not-out city. Thanks for the pix wylie.

That is an interesting question. One explanation I recall hearing was that it was due to the proliferation of apartment buildings with many so bachelor units. While that may be a contributing factor, I'm uncertain that that would be the sole reason. As for the Grange neighbourhood, it would...

Nearby public housing didn't prevent anyone from buying into Cabbagetown. With its narrow tree-lined streets and Victorian housing stock, this neighbourhood has the potential to be as attractive as Cabbagetown.

General Sherman is the name of a Giant Sequoia with a height of 275 feet (83.8 metres). The tree is located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California. The tree is believed to be between 2,300 and 2,700 years old

yuk yuk!!

The roof, or rather the brick wall supporting the roof is a bit curious too. It looks like old brick though it's hard to judge from the photo.

If you look to the left of the building to the left of the building to the left, there are the remains of matching details leading one to wonder if they were all part of the same structure.

42 Don't forget OzFlix held in mid February each year - it's a real corka

Give 'em an inch and they'll take a year

I'm somewhat surprised how shabby Queen Street West looked even 75 years ago.

Today I was gazing at Beverly@?