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Vancouver Heritage Foundation Weekly: Mountain View's First Headstone

Vancouver Heritage Foundation Weekly: Mountain View's First Headstone

Vancouver Heritage Foundation is a registered charity supporting the conservation of heritage buildings and structures in recognition of their contribution to the city’s economy, sustainability and culture.
Pacific Coliseum, 1968

Pacific Coliseum, 1968

Vancouver Sun. 1968 Pacific Coliseum Pacific Coliseum, located on the PNE fairgrounds at Hastings, was the previous home to the Vancouver Canucks and the Giants. Now it hosts everything from rock concerts to the Superdogs.
History of Metro Vancouver: Klondike Rush, 1897

History of Metro Vancouver: Klondike Rush, 1897

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 19781. Bailey Bros photo. 1897 Klondike Rush With its prime location on the West Coast, the population of Vancouver doubled during the Klondike gold rush as would-be miners streamed through.
History of Metro Vancouver: Vancouver Public Library, 1957

History of Metro Vancouver: Vancouver Public Library, 1957

1957 Vancouver Public Library In 1957, the Vancouver Public Library opened its new main branch at Burrard and Robson. The sleek, modernist structure was Vancouver’s first glass curtain building, designed by architects H.N. Semmens and D.C. Simpson.
History of Metro Vancouver: Pacific Hovercraft, 1969

History of Metro Vancouver: Pacific Hovercraft, 1969

The Province. 1969 Pacific Hovercraft On a cushion of air, Pacific Hovercraft began its service between Vancouver and Nanaimo on February 23, 1969. However, it only lasted three months.
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