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604 Neighbourhoods is a weekly series appearing on the Inside Vancouver blog that will feature photos, history, and information about some of the city’s most distinct communities. Today’s feature is Yaletown, located within the downtown peninsula it is bordered by Homer Street, Robson Street, and False Creek. Yaletown’s marriage of old brick warehouses and shiny glass towers combine to make it a harmonious live/work community.
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604 Neighbourhoods: Yaletown
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604 Neighbourhoods is a new weekly series appearing on the Inside Vancouver blog that will feature photos, history, and information about some of the city’s most distinct communities. Today’s feature is Shaughnessy – the residential neighbourhood that is packed with history, opulence, and gloriously green gardens.
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604 Neighbourhoods: Shaughnessy
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Visitors to the Vancouver Convention Centre last Friday may have noticed an unusual sight.
The city’s Olympic cauldron, generally snuffed since the close of the 2010 Games, was burning bright once again. Flames burst from the tips of the four giant icicles that make up the sculpture, which sits on Jack Poole Plaza adjacent the Convention Centre.
Alas, the ignition was short-lived. The cauldron had been re-lit to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Club in British Columbia. After a few hours, the icicles went dark once more.
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Light Vancouver’s Olympic Cauldron for $5,000
604 Neighbourhoods is a new weekly series appearing on the Inside Vancouver blog that will feature photos, history, and information about some of the city’s most distinct communities. Today’s feature is South Main (or SoMa) which spans along Main Street from East 2nd Avenue to East 33rd Avenue.
To quote Sean Horlor in Inside Vancouver’s “Inside Vancouver Neighbourhoods” video feature: “Everyone has a cool and trendy friend who knows all the best places to eat and shop before anyone else has heard of them. In terms of Vancouver’s neighbourhoods, South Main is that friend.”
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