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Jun. 01, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Birds, Boats & Balconies of False Creek

Always a busy place that steadily becomes more visually interesting — False Creek near Granville Island in Vancouver.…
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May. 30, 2018 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Diary: Portapoppies

From Dianna, along the Arbutus Greenway: How to make a sign look awesome: plant a bunch of wildflowers. Even the…
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May. 29, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Spot Prawn Market

When Safeway just won’t do, Vancouver foodies find a way to get the delicacies they want. People wait at the…
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May. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver House — Keeps On Rising

From Vancouver’s Seaside Greenway, near Granville Island. The starchitect twisty building that just won’t stop growing. Plus a look at…
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May. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

One of These Things is Not Like the Others

Three photos of people riding bikes on Vancouver’s very popular and busy Seaside Greenway. Shamefully, the section at Kits Beach Park…
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May. 27, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Blossoms & Grasses

Near the rose garden in Vancouver’s Stanley Park are some very carefully showy flower beds. They are clearly a labour…
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May. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

What sidewalks are for

In Vancouver’s West End, on Chilco Street near Alberni: What streets are for too: It helps to know that before…
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May. 23, 2018 / Gordon Price

Our Falling Tower – 1

As one commenter recently noted, we do seem to be giving Vancouver House (“Our Looming Tower“) a lot of love.…
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May. 22, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

After the Art Smash

Vancouver’s Granville Island, an urban oasis for tourists and residents alike, presents two uses for the same space. The contrast…
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May. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Lush and Virgin

Every year around this time, I notice two things about Vancouver’s landscape.  First, the fresh new growth — what a…
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May. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Why do they call it a 'greenway'?

A shot of Vancouver’s Arbutus Greenway, by Michael Alexander:…
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May. 16, 2018 / jamesavbligh

BC's Criminal Courthouse in Vancouver Makeover Complete

The Province of British Columbia’s Criminal Court building in Vancouver (222 Main Street) recently received a rather dramatic haircut as…
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May. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Third Los Angeles

KCET, the #2 public television station in the US, airs Artbound, an art and culture series now in its ninth…
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May. 09, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Riding through a Vancouver Park

This is 10th Avenue in Vancouver; people on bikes use this traffic-calmed bikeway in droves, especially this stretch of East…

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