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Starting April 2nd, 2006, I've been going on the walks described in SkyTrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every Station by John Atkin.
In the pages that follow, you will find photos of the houses, streets, and views described in the book as well as passages from the book along with commentary by yours truly. It's an effort to get to know the town I've lived in for over 15 years, only hearing about the neighbourhoods but never really engaging with both the present and past of each neighbourhood.
- SkyTrain Heritage
- SkyTrain Map
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 1: Waterfront Station
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 2: Burrard Station
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 3: Granville Station
- Granville Heritage
- Starting a SkyTrain Explorer walking tour.
- Commodore
- Court of Appeal & Supreme Court
- Courtyard at Robson Square
- Courtyard at Robson Square
- Downtown Vancouver
- Edward VII
- Edward VII Memorial at the Vancouver Art Gallery
- Entrance to Old Navy
- Hotel Georgia
- In Memory of Edward VII
- Ivan Ackery, Showman
- Joy of Freedom
- Law Courts at Robson Square
- Meet me at the clock
- Multicoloured sculpture by Michael Banwell
- Old Navy sign
- Orpheum
- Police/Sherriff entrance at the Vancouver Art Gallery
- Provincial Court of British Columbia
- Shakespeare quote on Edward VII memorial at the Vancouver Art Gallery
- Steps leading up to Robson Square from Howe Street
- Top of the steps at Robson Square
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 4: Stadium-Chinatown Station
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 5: Main Street-Science World Station
- Main
- "The Dance" by Angelo Rocca
- 2000 Ontario St.
- 2162 Ontario St.
- 2205 Ontario St.
- A Quiet Memorial at Thornton Park
- Angiotech International Building
- Argo Cafe: Full Course Meals
- Barbara Daigneault Memorial at Thornton Park
- Caution
- Danger: Robot Controlled Engines
- Edwardian House on Scotia St.
- Empty Green Benches
- End of the Line
- Looking North on Ontario St.
- Native Education Centre
- Ontario Ends
- Seeds and Feed Advertisement on the Back of 250 Terminal Ave.
- SkyTrain Elevated Guideways Near Main St.
- Sprint Canada's Decidedly Modern Building
- The Artiste on Scotia
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 6: Commercial-Broadway Station
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 7: Nanaimo Station
- This Much Maligned House Style
- 1950
- Curious Duplex With Its Odd Roof Line From the 1940s
- Diagonal View of the Curious Duplex
- E. King Edward Ave.
- English Revival House on 3915 Slocan St.
- Nanaimo Station Bus Loop
- Trail Near Nanaimo SkyTrain Station
- Vancouver Specials on North Side of the 2600 Block of E. 24th Ave.
- Vancouver Specials on South Side of the 2600 Block of E. 24th Ave.
- View Looking North on Boyd St.
- View of the Mountains from Kaslo St.
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 8: 29th Avenue Station
- 29th
- 1950s Field House With a Coloured Granite Base
- 29th Avenue Station
- 29th Avenue Station
- 3140 Kings St.
- 4598 Moss St.
- 4627 Gothard St. With Its Fieldstone Chimney
- Angled Door at 2442 Brock St.
- Deutscher Platz (German-Canadian Heritage Plaza)
- Duchess St. Intersects With Duke St.
- Entrance to Renfrew Ravine Nearest to 29th Avenue Station
- Garden and Plaque Explaining Renfrew Ravine Labyrinth
- Heritage Gate 2960 E. 29th Ave.
- John Norquay Elementary School Seen from Duchess St.
- Joyce-Collingwood
- Looking Back at Renfrew Ravine Trail
- Nearing the End of Renfrew Ravine Trail
- Renfrew Ravine
- Renfrew Ravine Labyrinth
- SkyTrain Near 29th Avenue Station
- SkyTrain Track Through Fence at 29th Avenue Station
- True Jesus Church
- Vancouver Special With Very Deep Roof Overhangs
- View from Kamloops St. and E. 29th Ave.
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 9: Joyce-Collingwood Station
- 3358 Church Street
- An Amazing Array of Stones
- Archimedes and Stamford Near Joyce-Collingwood Station
- BC Hydro Substation on 5400 Block of Joyce Ave.
- Collingwood Neighbourhood School
- Joyce & Euclid Bus Stop
- Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School on Kingsway and Joyce
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Euclid and Joyce
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 10: Patterson Station
- Patterson Explorer
- 3868 Sandell
- 4063 Burke St.
- 5250 Chesham
- 5337 Patterson
- 5449 Patterson
- 5449 Patterson
- 5488 Smith
- 5575 Jersey
- A Wide Array of Modern Construction
- Kingsway and Patterson
- Pathway to Pattern Highrises
- Patterson
- Patterson Station
- Patterson Station
- Sandell St., Burnaby
- SkyTrain Arrives Eastbound at Patterson Station
- SkyTrain Leaves Patterson Station
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 11: Metrotown Station
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 12: Royal Oak Station
- Rainy Royal Oak
- Barricaded Alley Near Royal Oak Station
- Broken
- Burnaby South Secondary School
- Dunblane
- Grocery Store Next to Royal Oak Station
- Imperial and Antrim
- Industrial Building With Basketball Hoop
- Restoration Site of Burnaby's Historic Tram 1223
- Royal Oak Community Church
- Royal Oak Station With Train Signal
- Rusted SkyTrain Sign Near Royal Oak
- SkyTrain Track and Unused Right-of-Way Near Royal Oak Station
- Unused Tracks Near Royal Oak Station
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 13: Edmonds Station
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 14: 22nd Street Station
- 22nd Street Explorer
- 1614 7th Avenue (Moderne/Streamline house)
- 1715 Nanaimo, New Westminster, "with its corner entrance and large central gable"
- 1823 7th Avenue
- 1932 8th Avenue
- 22nd Street SkyTrain
- 720 19th St.
- Between 1809 and 1805 7th Avenue
- Douglas George Grimston
- Grimston Park
- Lord Tweedsmuir School
- New Westminster House
- SkyTrain seen from Grimston Park
- St Gheorghe Romanian Orthodox Church
- Streamline House on Bowler
- Mislabled "Grimstone Park"
- SkyTrain Explorer Chapter 15: New Westminster Station
- New Westminster Explorer
- "1621 7th Avenue is a delightful and well preserved example of a style known as Spanish Colonial or Mission Revival"
- Galbraith House in New Westminster
- Holy Trinity Cathedral in New Westminster
- Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie
- New Westminster
- New Westminster Downtown Parkade
- New Westminster Under Construction
- Paramount 2 for 1 Dances Sunday All Night
- Scotiabank
- SkyTrain arrives at New Westminster Station
- St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church
- The Keg in New Westminster
- The Law Courts - New Westminster
- The Met
- Toronto Place Park