I dropped in to the main branch of the Vancouver Public Library yesterday in order to find a quiet corner in which to work on the TALK I'm giving this Wednesday at the Georgia Strait Alliance fundraiser and was quickly sidetracked as I walked through the business section. For some reason they've got the financial sections of the Sun and the Province going back some decades separated from the rest of the paper and bundled up in folders. August 1976, the month and year of my birth, caught my eye and I couldn't not pick it up and flip through it.
BC Ferries had just put the Queen of Coquitlam into service.
And in other transportation news, CPR had "politely disowned" an internal critic who wasn't keen on the new colour scheme of passenger trains.
I have no idea what all of this information means but our friends at TELUS (then BC Tel) are listed in these numbers.
Arthur Erickson Architects are hiring! Call Ms Mudry. Also, note the vague ad above it which is hoping to enlist a senior architect.
And lastly, an advertisement for a deisel-powered Peugot that got 42MPG!
There is so much archived awesomeness being held by the VPL. Get down there!
