Category Archives: Al Ingram

Vending Before Food Trucks

Posted on 02/19/2020 by mdm

Posted in Al Ingram, people, street scenes, yesterday & today | Tagged bc, beatty street drill hall, Canadian Youth Hostel Bike Hike, commodore lanes, english bay, european-style wieners, expo 86, food vendors, granville street, history, hot dog stand, hudson's bay company, japadog, lemon soda, Pineapple Vending Machine, popcorn stand, Sea Festival, stanley park, vancouver | Leave a comment

Views of CPR Right of Way: Before and After 1932

Posted on 02/02/2018 by mdm

Re-Posted February 2018 (First Posted Jan. 2016) I was recently struck (again) by what excellent images these two are of 1930s Vancouver. How exemplary of how I often have thought of the ’30s in this city, and how great an … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Ingram, Photographers, public transit, street scenes, W. E. Frost | Tagged bc, canadian pacific railway, cpr right-of-way, dunsmuir tunnel, history, Michael Kluckner, skytrain, vancouver | 3 Comments

NOT a Winning ‘Campaign Promise’!

Posted on 02/02/2016 by mdm

There is what appears to be a slogan on the wall of the Clowes Building (with my thanks to the comment from ChangingCity below), on Granville Street north of Davie, for Robert Reeds, erstwhile Mayoral candidate in the 1970 civic election. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Ingram, music, politics | Tagged alan emmott, blackstone hotel, country music, howard johnson hotel, mayor, Robert Reeds, the barn, tom campbell | 1 Comment

Pre-Expo ’86 Perspective

Posted on 08/12/2015 by mdm

The man in the image is standing on what will become Skytrain’s elevated concrete guideway near what will be the Main Street/Science World Station. The worker seems to be looking toward the Pacific Central Station (VIA Rail’s local railway station and the long-distance bus terminal). There … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Ingram, public transit, sport | Tagged bc, bc place, Billy Graham, expo 86, Expo Centre, GM Place, history, main street/science world station, monorail, pacific coliseum, Pope John Paul II, Rogers Arena, science world, skytrain, vancouver, Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Grizzlies | Leave a comment

Brutalism on Broadway

Posted on 08/07/2015 by mdm

I have mentioned this building elsewhere in VAIW, but was prompted to show it again this morning upon seeing that this image hasn’t been identified by CVA. It is Broadway Centre (1974) at 805 West Broadway, a fine example of Brutalist … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Ingram, architects | Tagged alberta, bc, broadway centre, brutalist architecture, history, lethbridge, university hall, university of lethbridge, vancouver | 1 Comment

CCF-Brill Vancouver Trolley 2341

Posted on 03/09/2015 by mdm

This trolley is stopped just north of Eaton’s department store (Granville and Robson; the stop is on the east side of Granville) in 1976 ; it is a model T48 (built 1954?) for BC Transit’s fleet of CCF-Brill trolleys. CCF stood for Canadian … Continue reading →

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