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History of Metro Vancouver: Hotel Vancouver, 1949

History of Metro Vancouver: Hotel Vancouver, 1949

Province newspaper photo, Vancouver Public Library?VPL 42396. 1949 Hotel Vancouver With no one willing to buy and rehabilitate it, the second Hotel Vancouver, opened in 1916, was destroyed in 1949.
History of Metro Vancouver: Parking Meters, 1946

History of Metro Vancouver: Parking Meters, 1946

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 586-4816. Photo Colt- man, Don Steffens Colmer. 1946 Parking Meters Vancouver got its first parking meters in 1946. The fee was a nickel an hour and Police we're responsible for checking the meters.
History of Metro Vancouver: BC Provincial Police, 1950

History of Metro Vancouver: BC Provincial Police, 1950

Vancouver Sun. 1950 BC Provincial Police These officers are wearing the uniform of the BC Provincial Police, the force that patrolled the province until 1950, when it was replaced by the RCMP.
History of Metro Vancouver: Vancouver Canadians, 1978

History of Metro Vancouver: Vancouver Canadians, 1978

Ross Kenward / The Province. 1978 Vancouver Canadians Vancouver's Triple-A-baseball club, The Canadians won their debut game against San Jose at Nat Bailey Stadium. Good baseball, good hotdogs, great afternoon.
Olympic Cauldron to be lit this weekend

Olympic Cauldron to be lit this weekend

Tomorrow and Saturday our Olympic cauldron will be burning in Jack Poole Plaza! It's of course being lit to celebrate the opening of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio, in honour of our more than 450 athletes who have made it down there to
History of Metro Vancouver: Science World, 1987

History of Metro Vancouver: Science World, 1987

Les Bazso / The Province. 1987 Science World The beloved "golf ball," originally the Expo Centre, was secured as a home for Science World after much lobbying, persuasion and government support.
History of Metro Vancouver: Vancouver Aquarium, 1956

History of Metro Vancouver: Vancouver Aquarium, 1956

Canada's first public aquarium, the Vancouver Aquarium, opened on June 15, 1956
History of Metro Vancouver: Maple Tree Square, 1978

History of Metro Vancouver: Maple Tree Square, 1978

George Diack / Vancouver Sun. 1972 Maple Tree Square Still a gas. Visitors of Gastown enjoy the sun in Maple Tree Square on June 22, 1978.
History of Metro Vancouver: Douglas Lodge, 1912

History of Metro Vancouver: Douglas Lodge, 1912

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 5006. Leonard Frank photo. 1912 Douglas Lodge Douglas Lodge was built in 1912 as the Bank of Commerce building at Granville and 12th. It continues today as a heritage apartment block.
History of Metro Vancouver: Empress Theatre, 1940

History of Metro Vancouver: Empress Theatre, 1940

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 21112. Dominion Photo. 1940 Empress Theatre Celebrity venue.