Granville Island is an artificial island dredged up from False Creek in the early 1900's--I swear I am not making this up--designed mostly for heavy industry. Things change. After the decline of heavy industry there and the usual seedy phase, it has become the artsy/fartsy/touristy district...galleries, theaters, many interesting shoppes, and restaurants. We explored Granville Island on our 2nd evening in Vancouver and had a great dinner there too. Interesting place, August 30th.
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It was not our first visit to Vancouver...in 1972, specifically, July 21st,
we were there, and bought this brass bed (now long-gone) in a place
(unfortunately) called Gaslight Village; Vicki and Rebecca reading together
in the bed, c. 1976, has always been a favorite family picture
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| Some manufacturing still going on |
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| Superb photography gallery |
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| What happens when industrial goes artsy |
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| Ample historical information |
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| View from our table at the resto |
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| Vancouver has many skylines... |
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| Sandbar Restaurant...for me, first installment of a week's seafood... |
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| What? Your town doesn't have a rental BBQ raft?! |
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| My repas |
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| Hers |
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| Feeling a bit crabby |
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Last time we ate under a bridge was at the Galata Bridge, Golden
Horn, Istanbul... |
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| Much interesting contemporary architecture in Vancouver |
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| And sculpture |
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