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Sep. 08, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Just west of Main St. at 7th Avenue, the andandandcollective painted an energetic group of children in faux colours, some emerging…
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Sep. 07, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Images — Public Art

Images galore splashed all around this mural.  Skull with cowboy hat. TV-watching banana.  Drunk dog. Raining cloud of bubblegum. Spaceship…
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Sep. 06, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Hello, City, Hello — Kayak Share System

Now that Mobi bike-share is steadily moving into full operation, here’s the next big thing.  Time to get moving on water-friendly…
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Sep. 06, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Another afternoon wandering by bike around the Mural Festival’s hot zone (Main and Broadway), another few murals seen for the…
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Sep. 01, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Sharing Space, Place and Face

Cathedral Square on Dunsmuir at Richards in Vancouver.  Oh yes, sharing bikes too. Part of the DVBIA’s initiative:  “The Perch”…
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Aug. 31, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

A parking lot entrance on Broadway west of Burrard and Cypress. It looks like iheartthestreetart, but I can’t be sure.…
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Aug. 30, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Tenth Avenue, just west of Main.  This ominous riff on public space, awareness and evil intent is the work of…
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Aug. 26, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Another in a series of trompe l’oeil images by the quite subversive artist at iheartthestreetart. Located at the rear of the Hootsuite…
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Aug. 19, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Urban Landscape

Trillium Park, 600 National Avenue, Vancouver. Roughly 3 hectares with 2 fields used for soccer, Ultimate Frisbee and field hockey.…
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Aug. 18, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Mural Festival 2

“Everything Matters, Nothing’s Important”.  Work in progress, Station and Southern St, near Main & Terminal.…
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Aug. 17, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image – Urban Landscape

A Skytrain station, a broad staircase, Keefer Place, lots of shops and an eclectic indoor mall.  And, in the midst…
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Aug. 16, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

City Surfing In Vancouver

REVIVER Sport+Entertainment is proposing CitySurf — a pay-to-play wave pool, beach and surfing site for the east end of False Creek.…
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Aug. 10, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

The Bike to Shop Challenge

Another fun HUB event today, generating some hoopla and attracting cameras.  All to help promote Bike to Shop Day (August 13).…
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Aug. 09, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art, Public Space

The Woodward’s atrium is an odd space.  Very big, flanked by a drug store and a grocery store, and surrounded…

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