On Saturday we went on the last walking tour of the season put on by the Architectural Institute of B.C. They've done a series of 6 different tours of neighbourhoods in Vancouver, and Jenn and I have gone on 2, and Jenn went on another 2 while I was in Manitoba. This tour was on Yaletown, the former warehouse district in the heyday of railways.
Most of the tours started in the offices of the Institute, in a nicely renovated old newspaper publishing building. The boardroom didn't have room for a large enough table, so they knocked out a column, and put in some steel bracing.
Most of the tours started in the offices of the Institute, in a nicely renovated old newspaper publishing building. The boardroom didn't have room for a large enough table, so they knocked out a column, and put in some steel bracing.
Along the way, we stopped to admire this block of former warehouses, some of the first to be converted to offices and homes.
Vancouver Public Library, with its great curves.
And finally into Yaletown as we know it - the warehouses with large overhangs, which protected the goods as they were unloaded from rail-cars and onto trucks for local delivery. These have all been re-used as shops and restaurants with offices or homes above. The old bricks and timber are very well appreciated - some of the wooden beams and columns are up to 18" square!
The very prominent numbers helped the train engineers find the right place.
At the edge of all the old warehouses, the new condos have sprouted.
One of the hot-dog vendors along the seawall had this stern warning to inattentive parents.
The curvaceous building in the background is designed by, and named after a prominent local Architect, Arthur Erickson.
Great little floating patio, part of one of the marinas.
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