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Aug. 12, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Nike, Ancient Greek Goddess of Victory, by Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis. Presented to the City of Vancouver by the City of…

Aug. 11, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Bligh Image — Buildings With Colour

Many thanks to sometime Price Tags author James Bligh for these pix of the Hootsuite building at 8th and Ontario. It’s…

Aug. 11, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Soldiers’ commemoration. Waterfront Station, foot of Granville St. “The Angel of Victory has been carrying a dead soldier heavenward since…

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).…

Aug. 10, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Big Graffiti Wall

I’m not quite sure what to make of this — but it certainly represents a massive effort. Just north of…

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…

Aug. 08, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Building With Colour

The Dominion Building: A famous landmark at Hastings and Cambie, involving more than one kind of colour. Note the role…

Aug. 03, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Whimsical cherry blossoms. At Drake and Howe. …

Aug. 02, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Five cones in a sea of crystalline chips. First and Manitoba at Olympic village.…

Aug. 01, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Created at the Maritime Museum for the Vancouver Centennial in 1986, here’s a big story told in one place. It’s about Vancouver’s…

Jul. 31, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Big Pride

People at Jim Deva Plaza getting in the swing of Pride Week, and the Pride Parade on Sunday.…

Jul. 29, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

A hidden park among the pseudo-freeway surrounding the Granville Bridge (south-east part), with sculptural fountain. Near the intersection of 5th…

Jul. 28, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

On several other locations too on this building near Alberta & 5th Ave. in Vancouver.…

Jul. 27, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Public Art

Templeton Park Pool. Extra points to those who can find the basketball-playing eagles, the Beatle (at butterfly stage), the concerned…

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