February 28th, 2021 — Chain link fence next to the baseball diamond at Chaldecott Park.
Welcome to Richmond
March 1st, 2021 — The skytrain on its way over the Fraser River to Richmond. Along the west side of the bridge is a bike lane and at each end there is a welcome sign; on the north it’s to Vancouver, on the south it’s to Richmond. Neither are pretty. When the skytrain extension to Richmond was proposed there was opposition to it being elevated; that it would destroy the ambience of Richmond. Geoff Plant, the local MLA and attorney general, was asked to comment. He said, “Ambience? Richmond doesn’t have any ambience”.
Art in the forest
March 2nd, 2021 — Wood sculpture in Pacific Spirit Park.
Almost gone
February 27th, 2021 — Faded mural of an old car at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Commercial Drive.
Pink door
February 27th, 2021 — Pink door at the back of a building on Charles Avenue at Victoria Drive.
Piano
February 27th, 2021 — Sitting in front of this house about to be renovated in the 1900 block of Graveley Street is a piano far past its best tuned date.
Mossy Mercedes
February 24th, 2021 — If you’re ever lost in east Vancouver always remember that moss grows on the north side of the derelict Mercedes parked in a driveway, which in this case is the 400 block of North Slocan Street.
Modern architecture 2
February 17th, 2021 — The UBC tennis center.
Modern architecture
February 17th, 2021 — The UBC indoor baseball training facility next to the Rashpal Dhillon running track at UBC.
Fish and chips
February 20th, 2021 — There’s not much left of the old Britannia Beach townsite. The buildings that contained gift shops and galleries have been raised off their foundations and set aside for redevelopment of some kind. The fish and chip shop, however, is still there and a local who was just finishing his meal said there would be a revolt if it were forced to move.
