Gastown
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the Gastown is part of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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the Gastown is part of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Interesting places in Gastown:
| Old Woodwards Building | Army and Navy Store | |
| Steamworks | The Wine Thief | |
| Vancouver Film School |
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performing for his life
Made by KPEP
I am back!!!! ~OK partially, I am doing a post and run today and promise to catch up on my contacts photostreams this week... its been a crazy couple of weeks... About this photo... over this past spring and summer I have been amassing a bunch of candid street photos of people and this past week I travelled out to Vancouver and took some time to take a walk down to East Van. (and for those of you that know the area know its not a place you want to be alone with camera gear, day or night) I saw this guy in Gastown playing out front of Starbucks on the street, and the weathered face made me stop and take some photos of him... not for free mind you, I bought him a grande bold and gave him a toonie, then... asked his permission if i could photograph him. He let me shoot him for awhile while he played to my camera and ignored the dozens of tourists that simply snapped away... he even told people to get out of my way...haha... He told me he plays on the streets for food, shelter and medication... he makes on average $40 to $50 during the tourist season a day and that pays for a room, his food and his medication. Without that talent he would simply be another homeless person begging for money and sleeping in a free shelter worried for his life... And BTW, a huge shout out to Chris Clare who lent me his e520 while i wait for my replacement through insurance... you're a good man Chris... this ones for you...
Hotel Europe
Made by Brady~
I've decided to start keeping my camera in my school bag 100% of the time, and it really paid off today. When I left for school in the morning it was a miserable, rainy day, but I was surprised (and happy) to find the sun shining by the time I left class. The rain clouds had broken up into some really interesting cloud formations, and with camera in hand I decided to snap some photos on my way home from school. After a Seabus trip across the water from North Vancouver, I found myself at Waterfront Station near Gastown, the old downtown core of Vancouver. There are lots of interesting old heritage buildings from the early 1900s in this area, some better kept than others. This neat old building is the Hotel Europe: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Europe_(Vancouver). I didn't have my tripod with me, so I knelt down and snapped this three exposure HDR handheld using the autobracketing feature on my D90. This is definitely my favourite pic of the day. HDR (3 exposures) created in Photomatix Edited in Photoshop Topaz Adjust 4 used for detail and enhancements
"Get up, sir."
Made by The Blackbird
You're not allowed to sleep here. You're in violation of City of Vancouver By-laws. You're making the city uncivil. Quatchi's eyes blink open to the silhouettes of two officers towering over him. Good morning, he chitters in sasquatch speak, but the officers don't understand. He's high and it isn't 0700 yet, one says. The other moves closer, Okay, you're coming with us. We're taking you to a low-barrier shelter. The first officer leans in to grab Quatchi by the arm. Has anyone ever told you you smell really bad? Yeah, coughs the other, You stink, buddy. But it isn't a normal homeless smell. It's closer to skunk ... but not quite. Maybe he's a baby bigfoot. I read somewhere they reek. Shut up. Bigfoots aren't real. This shot was Photo of the Day for 28 September 2009 on the CBC Radio 3 website.
A Sasquatch's Gotta Eat
Made by The Blackbird
Poor Quatchi has lost his way in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. He's been walking for kilometers and kilometers and is hungry and exhausted, but he has no money. His handlers with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games provide him with food and shelter so he's had no need for a wallet and now he's stuck. Deep down, he wishes he was still gamboling about in the Kootenay forest with mama and papa sasquatch instead of being enslaved by VANOC, like any other circus animal. Making matters worse, he can't reach the spoiled salmon sandwiches at the bottom of the bin. This Gastown bistro's garbage looks like heaven to him but he knows if he drops in, he might never get out alive. Life in the big city for a young sasquatch can be rough without adequate support services tailored to meet his or her species-specific needs.
Cruel Summer
Made by The Blackbird
Won't You Be My Neighbour? A homeless man forages for empties in a filthy downtown alley as Vancouver's civic workers' strike approaches its eighth week. In the Province of British Columbia the law states that if you don't have a residential address, you don't qualify for income assistance benefits. So how are you ever going to get a residential address if you're destitute and can't get a welfare cheque? Thank you very much Premier Gordon Campbell for allowing this travesty of justice to continue while British Columbia is booming as it never has. Homelessness chronic in Canada CBC, 26 June 2007.
Vancouver 2010 Suicide Bomber Inukshuk
Made by The Blackbird
Radicalized activist street art decorates part of the fence around a privately-owned vacant lot on West Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The site is presently leased as a parking lot by real estate developer Concord Pacific to the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, but has been occupied by homeless squatters for most of the first week of athletic competition. Looks like the United States Department of Homeland Security, which has been monitoring social media during the Olympic Games, has a new item for its files. I should start invoicing those guys. ;-)
4:00 pm
Made by Brady~
My walk through Gastown took me past the famous old steam clock right as it was about to chime 4:00. I leaned up against an old building and snapped this HDR shot. It was a tough one, as the clock invariably draws large crowds of tourists every hour to see it go off; I wanted a shot of the clock without the clutter of the crowd around it, and so this was about as good an angle as I could get. That's also the brand-new apartment building they built at the old Woodward's site peeking up in the top right corner of the photo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_clock#Gastown_steam_clock HDR (3 exposures) created in Photomatix Edited in Photoshop Topaz Adjust 4 used for detail and enhancements
Flying Pigeon Bicycle
Made by Chun@Vancouver
I was wandering around and hit upon this sign at Gas Town. In Maoist China, the famed Flying Pigeon bicycle was a symbol of an egalitarian social system that promised comfort and a reliable ride through life. A Flying Pigeon was one of the three must-haves of every Chinse citizen circa 1949, in addition to a watch and a sewing machine. When Jeanne and I were married in the early Eighties, the three items were replaced by a color tv, a frige and washing machine. Now perhaps a condo unit, a car and a stable job. No more egalitarian social system, no matter if you like it or not. I am so glad to find such a sign, telling a story thirty forty years ago, with a film camera poplular at more or less the same time (the early eighties).
A Bird In The Hair - 2
Made by Lachtronic 333
Product photo shoot for the Vancouver based company A Bird In the Hair, which offers a beautiful assortment of very cool, very fashionable and totally original headbands, barrettes and hair clips. abirdinthehair.com/ - Canon 430EX II with 1/2 CTO gel in Aurora Firefly Softbox camera right - Triggered with a 580EX II master flash in E-TTL II mode - Background dialed down -2EV - Flash dialed down -1/3EV - Hair by AXIS Hair Salons - Shoot location: Blood Alley, Vancouver BC Special thanks to the talented models Chasty and Kayla. And as always thanks to Ryan for all his hard work behind the scenes
Gastown Steam Clock
Made by Charmaine84
This is the Steam Clock in Gastown, Vancouver. This was taken during the freak snow storm we had in November. (I say freak because it snows maybe once or twice a season here, usually it's rain). I couldn't help my self frrom taking the picture. The whole street looked clean and crisp, like it can only look with the first snow fall of the season, and there were absolutely no tourists around. Usually when I pass by it there's at least 10 people (more if a cruise ship is docked) waiting around for the quarters of the hour so they can snap a shot when the clock is chimming and steaming. So, I couldn't pass up a perfect oppertunity like that.
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
Made by The Blackbird
And this little piggy ran all the way to his favourite crack dealer ... Found at the base of the war memorial cenotaph at Victory Square Park in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. It's easy to buy dope around the park, if that's what you want to do. If I were Prime Minister, our fallen soldiers' spirits would be watched over by a 24/7 honour guard, 365 days a year. No meth and crack dealing on the block. I'd suggest a public referendum on whether to put a sniper-staffed bulletproof watchtower on the high corner with support from adjacent rooftops. Note added 7 June 2008: No one has been selling in the park for some time.
The classic leather Brooks
Made by Eric Flexyourhead
I went out with one of my coworkers over lunch so I could hopefully share a few compositional tips with her. It's pretty rare to see a non-Olympus camera show up in my photostream, but I just couldn't leave without taking her Sony NEX-5 for a quick spin! Overall, I still think micro Four Thirds is a more well-rounded system, but I was pleasantly surprised by the feel of the camera, the ease of the menu system and the end results. Not a bad little camera at all. (But definitely lacking in good glass at this point in time.) Abbott Street, Gastown, Vancouver. July 27, 2011.
Focusing the C-mount glass...
Made by Eric Flexyourhead
My favourite part of flickr'ing is definitely getting to meet the faces behind the lenses. and her husband have come from Tokyo to Vancouver for a week and Mari and I were lucky enough to get to meet them and spend the day playing the role of Vancouver tour guides for them. And doesn't Yumiko-san's white Olympus PEN look awesome with the Kern-Paillard Switar 25mm f/1.4 cine glass mounted on it? Coffee Bar, Water Street, Gastown, Vancouver. August 6, 2011.
Sneeze Magazine
Made by cabbit
March, 2011 -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada -- A newsbox for Sneeze Magazine sits on the brick sidewalks of Gastown. -- PHOTO BY ANDREW FERGUSON --- Film EXIF Camera: Yashica-A Film: Fuji Velvia 50 (Expired, Cross-Processed) Focal Length: 80mm Aperture: F/4 (?) Shutter: 1/100 (?) Metering: LightMeter app Processing: Minor dust removal, moderate contrast adjustment Handheld
Streets of Vancouver
Made by metaphors
The tower seen here is the Lookout sky tower that provides some breathtaking panaromic views of vancouver city and the northern vancouver. Right above the observation deck is a revolving restaurant. I shot this picture around 10am in the morning from Richards Street. You would find plenty of souvenir shops, restaurants, antique shops (and a lot of tourists) on this very same street. View it large on Black
152 West Hastings - 1927-2007
Made by entheos_fog
The black and white image is from the City of Vancouver archives (http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/ctyclerk/archives/photos/index.htm) and lists this building as 152, although it's more like 142. It's hard to believe this building is still there, right in the middle of almost a whole block of abandoned buildings or empty lots. The top of the building is occupied by artist studios, it looks like. If you look at the pavement in the now photo, you can see where the street car line used to run.
Dominion Building, Vancouver
Made by Uncle Buddha
The Dominion Building was Vancouver's first steel-framed skyscraper. Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by J.S. Helyer and Son, the 14-story building was the tallest in the British Empire upon completion in 1912. The facade features Burmantofts terra cotta from Leeds and polished red granite columns from Aberdeen. Caught this from the roof of the Flack Block just before taking the Remembrance Day shots. The sun came out very briefly, creating some nice light on the building.
Historic Gastown
Made by ShutterJH
Large view is at best, if you want to read about the descriptions.. Above is the statue of Gassy Jack, the Founding Father of Gastown.. Not a very appealing statue though... Weird looking, like Gassy Jack is on high or something.. lol Below is the Gastown Steam Clock, World's first steam clock.. Also, I think I found myself the best sketching pen.. =) To the right is an old Byrnes Block building near the Gassy Jack statue on the corner of Water St. and Carrall St.
Half-a-Million Views
Made by The Blackbird
This morning, The Blackbird reached 500,000 total views (not including my own) on Flickr . It took a little more than 2 years, but my average daily views didn't pick up to about 1,000 until the last six months or so. I'm hoping for a lot more traffic as Vancouver approaches the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Thanks, everyone! I'm celebrating with last year's song of the year.
Angelo Calori Building, Hotel Europe, Gastown, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Made by gravy604
Quote from Wikipedia: Hotel Europe is a six-story heritage building located at 43 Powell Street (at Alexander) in the Gastown area of Vancouver, British Columbia. The building was commissioned by hotelier Angelo Calori and built in 1908 - 1909 by Parr and Fee Architects. Situated on a triangular lot, the building is designed in the flatiron style. It was the first reinforced concrete structure to be built in Canada and the earliest fireproof hotel in Western Canada.
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