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The Spiro Tower, seen above in a period flyer via Emporis.com. I...
The Spiro Tower, a period brochure seen via Emporis.com PNE Annual Report, 1968, via the PNE. Page 165 of "100 Years of Fun" the retrospective book on the PNE. Amateur photo of the Spiro Tower,...
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Via Allan Peters blog, the Target advertising reveal for...
Via Allan Peters blog, the Target advertising reveal for Vancouver. Credits from the blog: Sr CD: Ruth Balbach; CD: Steve Chirhart; Sr. AD: Allan Peters; Sr. CW: Sage Rider; Illustrator: Lab Partners....
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colinupton: Self-Indulgent Comics #42 Another new mini-comic...
colinupton:Self-Indulgent Comics #42Another new mini-comic for the upcoming (May 25th/26th) 2nd annual Vancaf Small Press Convention coming up at the Roundhouse (it’s also free to attend). In this...
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HMS Discovery & Chatham Becalmed June 9, 1792, depicted here...
HMS Discovery & Chatham Becalmed June 9, 1792, depicted here in Puget Sound in watercolour by Captain Steve Mayo in 2012. This is a little out of our jurisdiction, but we could just as well imagine...
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As a followup to last week’s Hotel Vancouver #2 mural,...
As a followup to last week’s Hotel Vancouver #2 mural, here’s another long lost mural from the Hotel Vancouver #3. In 1939 Charles Comfort depicted Captain Vancouver as the guest of honour at a...
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Vancouver’s Millennium Gate by Janice Wu of Emily Carr...
Vancouver's Chinatown Gate by Janice Wu. Chinatown Gates first day cover artwork.Vancouver’s Millennium Gate by Janice Wu of Emily Carr (‘13). From ECUAD:Emily was one of eight Canadian artists...
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Vancouver Art Gallery patio by Jeckenzibbel on Flickr.
Vancouver Art Gallery patio by Jeckenzibbel on Flickr.
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John Martz: Drawn 2005-2013
John Martz: Drawn 2005-2013: johnmartz:Drawn in 2005.2005Have you heard of these things called blogs? Blogging wasn’t new in 2005, but it was still a niche hobby for the technologically minded. I had...
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Revisiting the So Many Things mural not long after I...
Revisiting the So Many Things mural not long after I photographed it reveals it has been white washed. It’s true it had seen better days; now it appears that the proprietors are shopping the site as a...
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cloudscapecomics: The Sketch-a-thon and no-staple mini comic...
cloudscapecomics:The Sketch-a-thon and no-staple mini comic workshop last weekend went very smoothly! Thanks for joining us for those events! But the fun trains doesn’t stop with Cloudscape, oh no....
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Fun City, a cheeky ironic and iconic badge designed and...
Fun City, a cheeky ironic and iconic badge designed and submitted by Ron Braunagel of Torque Design. All those who help to make this a fun city are free to wear this with pride!
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The Target Skytrain wrap, as well as station branding, photos...
The Target Skytrain wrap, as well as station branding, photos via sengsuriya; thanks, Sophia! I also spotted the Canada Line Target train!
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An article about Francis Robert (Frank) Lewis, from the...
An article about Francis Robert (Frank) Lewis, from the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle on March 31, 1982 entitled Murals Vital Part of Program via Google News Archives. From the article:An experienced...
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Here’s to Bill Reid for his extraordinary mural that...
The site of the Habitat Forum at Jericho Beach, with the old seaplane hangar, in June, 1976. (George Diack, Vancouver Sun Files) The site of the Habitat Forum at Jericho beach in June 1976, with a...
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The City of Vancouver is about to unveil the finalists in their...
The City of Vancouver is about to unveil the finalists in their manhole cover design competition! From their blog:Over 1000 designs for storm and sanitary sewer covers were submitted to the Ironclad...
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The Stanley Park entrance and Stanley Park Brewery, painted in...
Stanley Park entrance and Stanley Park Brewery. Vancouver Archives reference code AM1562-: 72-574. Detail of the Stanley Park Brewery. Vancouver Archives reference code AM1562-: 72-574.The Stanley...
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Special announcement! Sarah Holtom aka Sarah Fougere has just...
Special announcement! Sarah Holtom aka Sarah Fougere has just opened her show at the Black&Yellow Gallery at 602 E Hastings Street in Vancouver, and she begins her series of 50 Portraits in 15...
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Screenprint and watercolour on paper by Linda Suffidy for...
Screenprint and watercolour on paper by Linda Suffidy for Papergirl Vancouver 2013. Seen at the PapergirlVan opening at the Roundhouse, August 13, 2013.Screenprint and watercolour on paper by Linda...
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PNE Program artwork by George McLachlan, 1980. The PNE is on...
PNE Program artwork by George McLachlan, 1980. The PNE is on NOW! (well, except for tomorrow, closed Aug 26) This year the fair is 103 years old, and while I’ve featured the book before, here’s another...
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colinupton: Colin’s Cartoon Corner Comic strip for Vancouver...
colinupton:Colin’s Cartoon CornerComic strip for Vancouver Review, literary freepaper1992Ink on illustration boardYet more reflection on the separatist nonsense. I believe at the time the separatists...
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