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Jan. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Instagram, a Gastown Parking Lot, and Christopher Cheung @lotspotting

Christopher Cheung has written a delightfully fun piece in the Tyee about his foray into the instagram world of people photographing~well, themselves.…
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Jan. 01, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Year-End Replay

Looking back on 2017, this image is a big fave.  It does look best at large size. All the best…
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Dec. 27, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Oh Deer, It's Xmas

Or is this an emerging Vancouver Xmas thing, a big glowing reindeer without antlers?  Pacific Centre Mall, December 24, 2017.…
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Dec. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Town That Named itself "Santa Claus"

Trust The BBC News to find that there truly is a place called “Santa Claus” that is in Indiana with a population…
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Dec. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

T'was the Night Before Christmas in Vancouver's West End…

From CBC’s Stephen Quinn in the Globe and Mail~ a Vancouverized twist of an old Classic: T’was the night before Christmas, and…
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Dec. 23, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Let It Snow

On my way somewhere else for errands, and saw this in Kits Beach Park. All the best of the holiday…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image – False Creek Ferry

One of those tough, dependable little False Creek Ferries, fog and the fabulously re-fabbed Burrard Bridge.  What a combo on…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Friday Funny — the iArm

“Freedom”, it claims, “from the tyranny of holding stuff.”   Delta Technology presents the iArm, the forearm mount that gives…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Lost Lagoon

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Dec. 13, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Second Beach

Ride with the sun, beside the sea.…
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Dec. 11, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Foggy Beneath Burrard

Sun and fog at midday in December, and people are as active as usual beneath Vancouver’s newly fabulous Burrard Bridge.…
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Dec. 07, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — December 4 pm

At Second Beach, Stanley Park.…
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Dec. 05, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Viaduct Land

Near Union and Quebec…
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Dec. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Seoul's Sky Garden~Reuse of an Urban Overpass

This year I visited two of the great urban reuses of existing transportation infrastructure with local designers and creators~the High…

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