Morning at the Hotel
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Breakfast Restaurant
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Breakfast at the Pinnacle
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Hotel Carpet
Walk Along the Waterfront
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Raven Taking a Drink
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Graffiti Along the Waterfront
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Skyscrapers with A uniformity of Green Color
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Light Shed by Liz Magor, public art on the waterfront at Coal Harbour, Vancouver
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Boathouses in Coal Harbor Marina Vancouver
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Boathouses in Coal Harbor Marina Vancouver
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Reflections in Coal Harbor Marina Vancouver
Walk Along the Seawall
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Guide to Walks Along the Seawall and to Stanley Park
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Ducks Boats and Apartments
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Bridge Along Seawall Walk
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Seagull Along Seawall Walk
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Girl in a Wetsuit is a life-size 1972 bronze sculpture by Elek Imredy of a woman in a wetsuit, located on a rock in the water along the north side of Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.In the background is the Port Of Vancouver Sulphur Wharves, Burrard Inlet and s hydroplane
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Girl Playing in the Water
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Siwash Rock is a rock outcropping in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada’s Stanley Park. A legend among the Indigenous Squamish people surrounds the rock. It is between 15 and 18 metres (49 and 59 ft) tall. It became known to mariners as Nine Pin Rock for its resemblance to a bowling pin.A plaque near the rock (pictured) states that it is “Skalsh the unselfish”, was transformed by “Q’uas the transformer” as a reward for unselfishness.
Totem Poles in Stanley Park
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Totem poles at Brockton Point ? This is the most visited tourist attraction in British Columbia. Many of the original poles were moved to museums in order to preserve them. Several replicas were commissioned or loaned to the park board between 1986 and 1992.
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Chief Wakas Totem Pole (middle)
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Components of Chief Wakas Totem PoleThe Ravens beak opened to form the door to from a ceremonial entrance to the house
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Chief Skedan’s Mortuary Pole
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Chief Skedans Mortuary PoleThis type of pole was special because of the rectangular board at the top, which contained a cavity that held the chief?s remains.
Moon face at the top.
It depicts the chief?s hereditary crests, with a mountain goat, grizzly bear, and whale. The grizzly bear has tiny figures in its ears, representing the chief?s daughter and son-in-law.
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The grizzly bear has tiny figures in its ears, representing the chief?s daughter and son-in-law.
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Chevron LegacyMarine Fuel Station for Vancouver Harbour
In December 2009, the Chevron Legacy, a new and now the only marine fuel station for Vancouver Harbour, was completed by the builders, Alaska Ship & Drydock, Inc. of Ketchikan, Alaska. The station was then towed to Vancouver and was installed and made operational in late January, 2010
Short building with rotating restaurant toward the left is the Pinnacle hotel
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Sulphur Pile at the Minerals and Petroleum Port
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Plaque for Minerals and Petroleum Port
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Heron with a Sea Worm that ultimately got away
Walk Back to Canada Place and the Convention Hall
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Harmonica Player
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Canada Place and Reflections
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Canada Place and Reflections
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Cinderella and Midnight?
Afternoon Stroll to Gastown (wiki)
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The War Memorial to the Employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company that gave their lives in The Great War, and World War Two. This War Memorial is at the Railway Station in Vancouver, British Columbia.The Railway Employees played a significant part in both conflicts. Over 11,000 enlisted during 1914-1918 and a further 22,000 in 1939-1945.
The bronze memorial was created by Montreal sculptor Coeur de Lion MacCarthy (1881-1971) for the Canadian Pacific Railway, of which three castings were made and installed at train stations in Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Montreal.
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Woman and Her Dog in Black and White
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Woman and Her Dog in Black and White Now we see a little color
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Photographer in a Miniskirt…
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…with style
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Gas Towns Famous Steam Clock“Gastown’s most famous landmark is the steam-powered clock on the corner of Cambie and Water Street. It was built in 1977 to cover a steam grate, part of Vancouver’s distributed steam heating system, as a way to harness the steam and to prevent street people from sleeping on the spot in cold weather. Its original design was faulty and it had to be powered by electricity after a breakdown. The steam mechanism was completely restored with the financial support of local businesses as it had become a major tourist attraction, and is promoted as a heritage feature although it is of modern invention.
The steam used is low pressure downtown-wide steam heating network (from a plant adjacent to the Georgia Viaduct) that powers a miniature steam engine in its base, in turn driving a chain lift. The chain lift moves steel balls upward, where they are unloaded and roll to a descending chain. The weight of the balls on the descending chain drives a conventional pendulum clock escapement, geared to the hands on the four faces. The steam also powers the clock’s sound production, with whistles being used instead of bells to produce the Westminster “chime” and to signal the time.
Video of the Steamclock at 6pm in Gas Town
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Gastown Steam ClockWalk Back to the Hotel
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Man taking his Corgi for a bike ride
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Canada Place and Convention Center
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The DropInges Idee, Germany
long and slender sculpture in the form of a gigantic and elegant water droplet. The Drop is located at the Bon Voyage Plaza facing the east building, and is a feature of the City of Vancouver’s Mandated Public Art Program.
Placed on the site so it seems as if the Plaza had just been hit by a huge raindrop, the piece balances delicately on the round base, while its end points into the open sky. This sculpture comments on the diagonal shape of the architecture and the columns and stands almost like a figurehead on a sailing ship.
The Drop, in this prime location thrust into the waters of Burrard Inlet, exerts a delightful and playful pulling of the viewer, whether on the sea walk, within the Convention Centre, on a cruise ship or viewing down Burrard, to reflect on our relationship and attitudes to water and by extension to the history, complexity and future of our waterfront.
“The main power evolves through the equilibristic balance of the sculpture culminating at the very point where it touches the ground, as well as the dynamic diagonal it establishes. The sculpture resembles a known feature of Vancouver, water and rain, and is an homage to the power of nature. It functions as a laconic and surprising landmark – high-tech meets nature.”
– Inges Idee, 2008
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Chains
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Chains
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Woman in Red
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Happy Conversation
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A Proposition?
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Semicircles
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Sigmoid Colon
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Transporting a Warehouse Past the Chevron Gas Station
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Landing the Hydroplane
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Baby Learning to Read
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If She Only Knew What Cigarettes are Doing to that beautiful Body of Hers!
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The Beauty of Branching
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RunnerNighttime in Vancouver
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Sunset
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Nighttime Across the Inlet with the Chevron Station
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Nighttime Across the Inlet
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The Olympic Torch by Canada Place and Convention Center
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Canada Place and Convention Center
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Canada Place and Convention Center
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My Religion and the Modern Cellular World
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Colorful Lights
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Colorful Lights
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The Trees Have the Last Say Good Night