Another piece of the Canada Line Public Art Program just appeared at Granville and Robson, on the side of the emergency-exit stairwell that would otherwise present a blank face to the street. Rogues Gallery instead presents 16 faces from our past:
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Cam Andrews and Jessica Bushey mounted police mug shots from 1900 to reveal “the socioeconomic climate of the Port of Vancouver at the turn of the century” … people from all over the world, arrested for some rather particular crimes: “John Brown, Age 16 … for stealing a quantity of champagne from the Vancouver Club.”
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To say the least, fascinating.
