1 1700 Block of Dunbar Turn-Of-The-Century Time Capsule

1 1700 Block of Dunbar Turn-Of-The-Century Time Capsule

1 1700 Block of Dunbar Turn-of-the-century time capsule homes | 10 2 55 Dunlevy Avenue From metalfoundry to foodiefantasy | 12 3 A Baker’s Dozen Antiques Unusual antiquities through the ages | 14 4 Alibi Room From fur traders to movie stars | 16 5 Archibald Menzies’ Bust The bronzed botanist beckons | 18 6 Artillery Search Lights Hidden relics of World War II | 20 7 Baden-Powell Trail Hikers’ haven, hiding in plain sight | 22 8 Beaucoup Bakery Food that inspires | 24 9 Big Yellow Sulphur Pile What on earth is that stuff? | 26 10 The Billy Badges, beers, and bombers | 28 11 Blue Whale Skeleton The biggest one in Canada is at the Beaty Museum | 30 12 The BowMac Sign Large Signs “R” Us | 32 13 Brassneck Brewery A witty West Coast whistle whetter | 34 14 Cartems on Main Where history and donuts collide | 36 15___ Catfe The cat’s meow | 38 16 Centennial Rocket Ship Time passages | 40 17 CFUN Building From stacks of wax to stacks of slacks | 42 18 City Farmer Composting, cultivating, and computing | 44 19 Commodore Lanes Canadas oldest bowling alley | 46 20 Coupe de Villa A half-buried Cadillac right in hisfront yard | 48 21 CRAB Park An urban park like no other | 50 22 Dark Table Restaurant An out-of-sightplace to eat | 52 23 Deadmans Island The most haunted island in North America? | 54 24 Dude Chilling Park A great sign for a selfie | 56 25 Earnest Production Store An urban oasisfor ice cream aficionados | 58 26 Engine 374 Once derailed, now delightful | 60 27 Fabulous Float Homes Positiveflotation | 62 28 False Creek Ferries Water you waitingfor? | 64 29 First Canadian McDonald’s McHistory is made outside the USA | 66 30 Floating Gas Station Fill er up at sea | 68 31 Flying Angel Club Sailors' solace | 70 32 Folkart Interiors Wooden Mountie headquarters | 72 33 Fortes’ Fountain Font ofgratitude | 74 34 Gaoler’s Mews A place to hang | 76 35 Giant Metal Haida Crab Most photographed crab in Canada | 78 36 Granville Island Silos Big art from Brazil | 80 37 Greenpeace Plaque Where the activistsfirst made waves | 82 38 Gulf of Georgia Cannery You'll be hooked | 84 39 H Tasting Lounge Howard Hughes slept here —for a long, /orcg- | 86 40 The Haida Canoe Cedar icon at UBC | 88 41 Hamiltons Missing Plaque Vancouversfirst street corner | 90 42 Harbour Air Have you ever seen aflying beaver? | 92 43 Harbour Centre From the Sea of Tranquility to Vancouver Harbour | 94 44 Harry Jerome Statue City on the run | 96 45 Hastings Mill Store Museum Vancouvers oldest building | 98 46 Hendrix’s Grandma’s House And the wind cries Nora | 100 47 Heritage Harbour Tall stories and mastsfrom the past | 102 48 Hidden Seawall Symbols A treasure hunt carved into the stones | 104 49 Holy Rosary Cathedral Where Frankensteins Bride was married | 106 50 Honeybee Centre Un-bee-lievable | 108 51 Hotel Georgia Classiest joint in town | 110 52 Houdini’s Great Escape Where the magician once hung out - literally | 112 53 Huge Olympic Village Birds Refurbishedfeathers | 114 54 Jack Poole Plaza As one flame goes out, another is lit | 116 55 Japanese Canadian War Memorial Pillar of the community | 118 56 Jericho Beach From Jerry's Cove to hippie haven | 120 57 Kitsilano Pool Canada's longest swimming pool | 122 58 Larry Berg Flight Path Park Plane spotting | 124 59 The Last Game Ball The rise andfall of the Mighty Grizz | 126 60 Leg-In-Boot Square Where gruesome mementos wash up | 128 61 Lions Gate Bridge Lights Grades Necklace | 130 62 The Living Roof An unconventional roof on the Convention Centre | 132 63 Long Table Distillery Vancouversfirst micro-distillery | 134 64 Lord Byng High School Archie and Veronica's Alma Mater | 136 65 Lotusland Electronics Awesome audio gear from yesteryear | 138 66 Lulu Line Ghost Rails Clickity-clack, will they ever come back ? | 140 67 The Marine Building The most interesting building in Vancouver | 142 68 Maritime Museum Mural The ‘ Where's Waldo' of Vancouver maritime history | 144 69 Monstrous Sturgeon Fish Back from the brink at the Vancouver Aquarium | 146 70 Museum of Anthropology Once afortfor defence, now a font ofknowledge | 148 71 Mushroom Studios Little ship full of dreams | 150 72 The Naam Peace, love, and vegetables | 152 73 Nat Bailey Stadium The last unexceptional sports stadium in Vancouver | 154 74 Neptoon Records Tune in to vinyl | 156 75 Nine O’Clock Gun A blastfrom the past | 158 76 Nitobe Memorial Garden Serenity now | 160 77 Old South Terminal Airport A flight into the past | 162 78 Original Fluevog Store A platform for shoes | 164 79 Ovaltine Cafe Neon memories | 166 80 Point Grey Road Bike Path Cycling success 1168 81 Punjabi Market Epicentre of epic savours | 170 82 Queen Elizabeth Park Roam around the dome | 172 83 Rainbow Crosswalk Vancouvers pride | 174 84 Raymond Burr’s Grave Final resting place ofBC'sfirst TV megastar | 176 85 Reifel Bird Sanctuary Down in bird land | 178 86 Rick Hansen Statue A man in motion stays in motion | 180 87 Rogers Arena Three names, two bridges, one historic deal | 182 88 Sam Kee Building Queerest building in the whole dominion | 184 89 Seaforth Armoury Vancouver's Scottish baronial castle | 186 90 Secret Climbing Tree Legendary giant on a botanical boulevard | 188 91 The Shameful Tiki Room For the tacky tourist in all of us \ 190 92 The Shop A placefor the Wild Ones \ 192 93 Site of The Chicken Coop Launchpadfor the legendary Loretta Lynn | 194 94 Southlands Riding Club 7he horsey heart of Vancouver's urban agriculture | 196 95 SS BeaverMVreck Cairn Lasting tribute to the legendary steamship | 198 96 St. Paul’s Labyrinth Pathway St. Rock peace | 200 97 The St. Roch RCMP sails the Northwest Passage | 202 98 Stanley Park Heron Nests View the Heron Cam before you go | 204 99 Stir Coffee House Old-fashioned values with a pinch ofhipness | 206 100 The Storybook House Str a ford-upon- Vancouver | 208 101 The Sylvia Hotel A cat, some ivy, and a colourful Hungarian baroness | 210 102 Trump International Hotel “It’s huuuuuuge” | 212 103 Tsawwassen Terminal Fantasticferryflotilla | 214 104 Twin Urinals Urine for a surprise at Heritage Hall | 216 105 UBC Rose Garden They paved paradise and put up a rose garden | 218 106 Vancouver Police Museum Home of the Kosbergfamily murder axe | 220 107 Visions of Possibilities Building accessibility and rebuilding lives | 222 108 Waterfront Station Timeless terminal of temporal travellers | 224 109 Westham Island Bridge Lumber and leverage in Ladner | 226 110 Wing Sang Building Chinatown history meets contemporary art | 228 111 Wooden Roller Coaster Shake, rattle, and roll | 230.

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