Tuesday, May 3, 2016

May 3, 2016

Day #2 - VANCOUVER


A few photos of the Walking Tour (15K) of  Downtown Vancouver
Sponsored by Vancouver Venturers Volkssport Club


CANADA PLACE
Convention Center & Cruise Ship Terminal

"Canadian Trail" walk at CANADA PLACE




GASTOWN (1870s - revitalized 1970s)
Steam Clock (1977)

"Gassy Jack" Deighton (GASTOWN was named after him)


CHINATOWN (1858)
Third largest in North America after San Francisco & New York City


Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park (1986)



Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park & Classical Chinese Garden


BC PLACE - All-purpose Stadium
Home of the BC Lions (Canadian Football League) &
Vancouver Whitecaps (Major League Soccer)


YALETOWN (1900s)
District of former warehouses with docks and characteristic canopies

YALETOWN
Early residents were railway workers from town of Yale

YALETOWN
Workers' Cottages (400-Block Helmchen, early 1900s)


VANCOUVER LAW COURTS (1980)
Walkway
Arthur Erikson - Architect


CANADA POST
Decorative Mail Box

Tomorrow: Museum of Anthropology (UBC) & Walking Tour of Stanley Park


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