History

You should really take a closer look at this photo from the City of Vancouver Archives. This C.P.R. "Bachelors Hall" as they called it housed railway workers on False Creek.

Another great find in the City of Vancouver's Archives today! Labelled as "A huge log near the corner of Georgia Street and Seymour Street" this photo brings us back 91 years before the Scotia Tower was erected near this spot. Land baron J.W.

Taking you back almost 40 years...

When we launched our Vancouver Is Awesome coat of arms back in December of 2009 the idea was simple: take the existing City of Vancouver coat of arms and make it our own.

Here's another archival photo courtesy of the City of Vancouver Archives. This one is of a woman standing on a bridge in Stanley park around the year 1889. A lot of things change rapidly in this city but some remain at least a bit close to the same.

We've been sharing stories about the McBarge for a few years now. This relic was moored in False Creek serving up burgers to Expo86 goers nearly 30 years ago and has been sitting derelict ever since.

Surely most of you know the history of "Gassy" Jack Deighton and why he has a statue in his honour in Gastown (read THIS if you don't).

Here's an interesting history tidbit for anybody who's ever gone to the horse races at Hastings Park: they used to race cars there! It was on and off on this 1 mile dirt oval, with cars racing in 1907, 1911 to 1916, and then 1918 to 1927.

The look on the kid's face in this archival photo below (c/o the Vancouver Archives) pretty much sums up the entire experience of gymnasium life for most kids in Canada in the 1980s.

Here's another glimpse back on Vancouver's past thanks to the photo holdings of the Vancouver Archives. If you're scared of clowns this one who worked at the PNE in 1960's just might give you nightmares.