More than a century separates these two photographs, and the First Baptist Church at 969 Burrard St looks as good as it ever did.
Soon a 60-storey megatower will rise above it, right where the Hobbit House used to be.
![First Baptist Church](https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/via/images/historic-images/first-baptist-church.gif)
John Bentley is an architectural photographer who has photographed the inside and outside of thousands of buildings around Vancouver. Using images from the Vancouver Archives he offers a glimpse of the past and present on his site Vancouver Now & Then.