Murchies Tea+ Coffee store at 1008 Robson Street, Vancouver. Murchies occupied the building from 1947 until 1984. The site was redeveloped in 1995. Mintage, vintage clothing is now in the space. Bruce Stewart photo, 1981 evelazarus.com/vancouvers-s... #everyplacehasastory #vancouverexposed
Photo shows a one storey building with stone on the outside, flanked by two huge totem poles carved in the 1930s
The Tomahawk Restaurant is a much loved North Vancouver Institution that turns one hundred next year. And while it has a rich history, the restaurant's future is uncertain future Story: evelazarus.com/the-tomahawk...
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Indigenous man wearing a beret is wiping down a traditional dug-out canoe in the and at Cates Park in North Vancouver. Spectators are in the background watching the races in Burrard Inlet.
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation hosted canoe races are on this weekend at Cate's Park, North Vancouver (Whey-ah-Wichen). Bruce Stewart took these photos in the mid 1970s evelazarus.com/whey-ah-wich... #northvancouver #everyplacehasastory
The Gutenberg Bible is one of the most valuable and sought after books in the world. Our Vancouver Public Library owns one of its pages. New blog post: evelazarus.com/the-gutenber...
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A man in a suit and hat is holding an umbrella, a woman is sitting and holding an umbrella while and a group of men and women are standing and sitting along West Broadway eating food at one of the first Greek Days in Kitsilano in the mid 1970s.
Greek Days kicks off tomorrow (June 22) at 11:00 am along Kitsilano's West Broadway (between Macdonald and Blenheim). The annual festival has been running since 1974 around the time that Bruce Stewart shot this photo. For more of Bruce's work see: evelazarus.com?s=bruce+stew... #everyplacehasastory
June is #Italianheritagemonth and Italian Days is happening on Commercial Drive today from noon until 8:00 pm. The first Italian Days was in 1977 and photographed by Bruce Stewart. Story: evelazarus.com/italian-days...
#Italaindays #commercialdrive #everyplacehasastory #vancouver
Half term is a pause—but the past is still present.
A crumbling wall, a familiar story, a name above a shop door…
Local history isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s just waiting to be noticed.
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Aerial view of downtown Vancouver and Coal Harbour taken in 1956. The Marine Building, Hotel Vancouver and Vancouver block are still the tallest kids on the block. The massive Canada Post building is under construction, Larwill Park is still a bus depot and there are a lot of houses where the Vancouver Public Library sits now.
Aerial photo of the Vancouver Public Library. Shows surrounding buildings and the library's rooftop garden
Happy 30th birthday Vancouver Public Library! Thank you for hosting me through 11 books. This fabulous aerial view of downtown Vancouver and Coal Harbour was shot by the Vancouver Sun’s Bill Dennett in 1956. Photos courtesy bsky.app/profile/vana... bsky.app/hashtag/vanc... #everyplacehasastory
Just before noon on March 6, 1945 the SS Greenhill Park blew up, killing 6 longshoremen and 2 seamen. 26 others including 7 firefighters were injured in the explosion. My column in the
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Photo shows Emily Carr wearing a dark headband, a white -shirt and striped shirt. She is cuddling three cats while her pet monkey looks on
80 years ago: Emily Carr died on March 2, 1945. And, while at one point the artist lived and taught and painted in Vancouver, she really belongs to Victoria. Take a tour of Emily's James Bay in 1913 evelazarus.com/emily-carrs-...
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Tomorrow is the 105th Vancouver Polar Bear Swim. In the early years people swam around the English Bay Pier. When that disappeared in 1939, there was a freestyle sprint to a red buoy 300 feet from shore #everyplacehasastory #englishbay
evelazarus.com/peter-pantag... Photo courtesy Lisa Pantages
