Even as a non-Vancouverite I found this really interesting.
Great footage of Vancouver back in 1907, filmed by an individual that a few years later was on board the Titanic filming that voyage. He lost his life on that assignment.
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Vancouver 1907
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ahh yes, great memories.
I must be going senile though because I dont remember the streetcars and most of the other traffic driving on the oposite side of the street?
I must be going senile though because I dont remember the streetcars and most of the other traffic driving on the oposite side of the street?
Every day that passes is one you can't get back
Pulling the answer straight from Wikipedia:KnowItAll wrote:ahh yes, great memories.
I must be going senile though because I dont remember the streetcars and most of the other traffic driving on the oposite side of the street?
Canada drives on the right in LHD (left-hand-drive) vehicles, the largest land-area nation in the former British Commonwealth to do so. Until the 1920s, the rule of the road in Canada varied by province: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island had left-hand traffic, and the other provinces and territories had right-hand traffic. Starting on the west coast on 15 July 1920 and ending on the east coast on 1 May 1924, right-hand traffic was adopted uniformly throughout Canada.[36] Newfoundland was not part of Canada until 1949, and had left-hand traffic until 2 January 1947.[37]
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Nothing has changed, cyclists going the wrong way, people jaywalking 
I noticed that too! There were sure a lot of bikes on that road. The horses didn't seem too spooked by the streetcar either. Neat piece of history.......TheLionKing wrote:Nothing has changed, cyclists going the wrong way, people jaywalking
I came across this interesting blog entry a couple months ago:
http://www.miss604.com/2013/01/archive- ... flats.html
Apparently, False Creek back in those days extended farther east than its current limit near Science World. It went all the way to what is now Clark Drive, making the peninsula on which the downtown currently rests somewhat larger than it is today; in addition to the Granville and Cambie Bridges that span the creek there was also a Main Street Bridge at that time. This area was landfilled to its current shoreline profile just under a century ago. This was also around the time Pacific Central was built on Station St, a few blocks east of Science World; the fill-in to the west of this site, as seen in the photo below, was not yet completed.
According to one of the comments to this blog entry, it was originally proposed to have this creek fill-in extend westward all the way to the current site of Granville Island, which would have greatly limited the amount of waterfront condos developed in that area over the last couple of decades. The Bob Rennies of this city are probably wishing that that fill-in never happened.
http://www.miss604.com/2013/01/archive- ... flats.html
Apparently, False Creek back in those days extended farther east than its current limit near Science World. It went all the way to what is now Clark Drive, making the peninsula on which the downtown currently rests somewhat larger than it is today; in addition to the Granville and Cambie Bridges that span the creek there was also a Main Street Bridge at that time. This area was landfilled to its current shoreline profile just under a century ago. This was also around the time Pacific Central was built on Station St, a few blocks east of Science World; the fill-in to the west of this site, as seen in the photo below, was not yet completed.
According to one of the comments to this blog entry, it was originally proposed to have this creek fill-in extend westward all the way to the current site of Granville Island, which would have greatly limited the amount of waterfront condos developed in that area over the last couple of decades. The Bob Rennies of this city are probably wishing that that fill-in never happened.
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
I miss the days when it was still the cnr station, before via rail, and before the bus station moved and before air travel became cheaper. I always enjoyed CN passenger over CP. Mid 70's I traveled between toronto and vancouver for less than 50$ by rail. Never knew that it was sitting on filled in creek.sj-roc wrote:I came across this interesting blog entry a couple months ago:
http://www.miss604.com/2013/01/archive- ... flats.html
Apparently, False Creek back in those days extended farther east than its current limit near Science World. It went all the way to what is now Clark Drive, making the peninsula on which the downtown currently rests somewhat larger than it is today; in addition to the Granville and Cambie Bridges that span the creek there was also a Main Street Bridge at that time. This area was landfilled to its current shoreline profile just under a century ago. This was also around the time Pacific Central was built on Station St, a few blocks east of Science World; the fill-in to the west of this site, as seen in the photo below, was not yet completed.
According to one of the comments to this blog entry, it was originally proposed to have this creek fill-in extend westward all the way to the current site of Granville Island, which would have greatly limited the amount of waterfront condos developed in that area over the last couple of decades. The Bob Rennies of this city are probably wishing that that fill-in never happened.
Every day that passes is one you can't get back
Another shorter clip from Vancouver 1907.
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Interesting how the city has evolved. In 1949:
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PNE in 1960.
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And a ride down Cambie Street and bridge in 1971 which includes footage of the old Cambie bridge that had a swing-span option in the middle of the bridge.
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I remember when the city decided to replace the bridge with a new one, residents were given the choice to vote whether the swing-span option would be kept in the new bridge. Residents voted unanimously against that option as it was a traffic hazard.
Who would have thought that a century later certain suburbs (e.g. Richmond) would be dominated by signage other than English, i.e. Chinese. Richmond City Council recently rejected a 1000-strong petition mandating the use of English or French on signage in the city. It looks like Chinese signage will only increase as the city evolves.
我們在加拿大改善全部現在學會中文或者做漢語官方語言。
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Interesting how the city has evolved. In 1949:
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PNE in 1960.
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And a ride down Cambie Street and bridge in 1971 which includes footage of the old Cambie bridge that had a swing-span option in the middle of the bridge.
[video][/video]
I remember when the city decided to replace the bridge with a new one, residents were given the choice to vote whether the swing-span option would be kept in the new bridge. Residents voted unanimously against that option as it was a traffic hazard.
Who would have thought that a century later certain suburbs (e.g. Richmond) would be dominated by signage other than English, i.e. Chinese. Richmond City Council recently rejected a 1000-strong petition mandating the use of English or French on signage in the city. It looks like Chinese signage will only increase as the city evolves.
我們在加拿大改善全部現在學會中文或者做漢語官方語言。
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改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放，首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事，由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放，首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事，由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。