There are only a few dozen public buildings in Vancouver that have celebrated a centennial but in just a few years the Pacific Central Station will join the list. Built when False Creek was first being filled in, this Neoclassical Revival building has served as a train station since 1919, and a bus station since 1993. Once the terminus for the Canadian Northern Railway, it is now the terminus for your VIA Rail, Amtrak Cascades, BoltBus, and Greyhound transportation. Today it’s also my Vancouver Icons photo feature:
Pacific Central Station
1917. Construction begins. Archives# Bu N540.022.
1917. Construction of Canadian Northern Railway depot. Archives# Bu N540.042.
1918. CNR Station under construction (right) and completed GNR (Union) Station (left). Photographer: Canadian Photo Co. Archives# PAN N178.
1918 – January. Final stages of construction before fill of False Creek completed. Archives# Bu N540.080.
1932. Exterior of the Canadian National Railway station on Main Street. Archives# Can P23.1.
1973. Archives# CVA 447-253. Photographer: Walter E. Frost.
Photo credit: JoshNV on Flickr
1925. Photographer: Stuart Thomson. Archives# CVA 99-3523.
Photo credit: Norm Lee on Flickr
Photo credit: Chrystian Guy on Flickr
Photo credit: Bruce Irschick on Flickr
Photo credit: Ricky Leong on Flickr
Photo credit: Martin Deutsch on Flickr
Photo credit: Zorro1968 on Flickr
Photo credit: SukkhaP on Flickr
Photo credit: Chris Wenger on Flickr
Photo credit: Ryan Mezzo on Flickr
Previous Vancouver Icons posts: Randall Building Mural, East Van Cross, Robert Burns Statue in Stanley Park, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Flack Block, The Drop, Prospect Point Lighthouse, Engagement, Ovaltine Cafe, The English Bay Slide, Freezing Water #7, Cleveland Dam, Heritage Hall, School of Theology Building at UBC, Gate to the Northwest Passage, St Paul’s Hospital, Capilano Lake, Stawamus Chief, Nine O’Clock Gun, Malkin Bowl, Search, Vancouver Rowing Club, Echoes, Point Atkinson Lighthouse, English Bay Inukshuk, Hollow Tree, Hotel Europe, Lions Gate Bridge Lions, LightShed, Granville Bridge, 217.5 Arc x 13′, Canoe Bridge, Vancouver Block, Bloedel Conservatory, Centennial Rocket, Canada Place, Old Courthouse/Vancouver Art Gallery, Dominion Building, Science World, Gastown Steam Clock, SFU Burnaby, Commodore Lanes, Siwash Rock, Kitsilano Pool, White Rock Pier, Main Post Office, Planetarium Building, Lord Stanley Statue, Vancouver Library Central Branch, Victory Square, Digital Orca, The Crab Sculpture, Girl in Wetsuit, The Sun Tower, The Hotel Vancouver, The Gassy Jack Statue, The Marine Building, and The Angel of Victory. Should you have a suggestion for the Vancouver Icons series please feel free to leave a note in the comments. It should be a thing, statue, or place that is very visible and recognizable to the public.
The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival returns April 1st to April 30th in Washington State, in the La Conner and Mount Vernon area, just a quick drive from the border.
Our photos from Tulip Town, 2011
During your visit, you can drive to various tulip, daffodil and iris fields and events or do a cycling tour. There are dozens of locations for activities with Tulip Town (15002 Bradshaw Road) and RoozenGaarde (15867 Beaver Marsh Road) being hubs.
Tulip Town and RoozenGaarde
RoozenGaarde will be open from 9:00am to 7:00pm daily through the end of April. Right now the early spring blooming tulips, daffodils, and other bulbs are coloring the garden at 15867 Beaver Marsh Rd. in Mount Vernon. Admission is $5.00 per adult, children 6 and under free.
Tulip Town is opening early this spring, ready to greet visitors from 9:00am to 5:00pm daily (later if weather permits) through the end of April. The growers at Tulip Town report they have early varieties blooming to greet visitors at 15002 Bradshaw Rd. in Mount Vernon. Admission is $5.00 per adult, children 6 and under free.
RoozenGaarde and Tulip Town both have free parking adjacent to their facilities. Pets are not allowed in the gardens.
Tulip Festival Info
There are several special events throughout the month, like the Tulip Run on April 4th, art shows, and even local museums, breweries, and wineries join in the fun with specials. Mount Vernon and La Conner are about 100km south of Vancouver and 90km north of Seattle just off the I-5.
Our photos from Tulip Town, 2011
Follow the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival on Facebook and Twitter for more information and stop on by later this month to see all of the beautiful tulips in bloom.
During March and April I will be featuring a Cherry Blossom Photo of the Day, sourced from the Miss604 Flickr Pool and/or the #Photos604 tag on Instagram. You can barely walk a full block in the city without encountering a photographer capturing this pink blooms — or stopping yourself — so it’s the perfect time to start this series. Enjoy!
View more photography posts on Miss604 along with the Vancouver Photos of the Week – and be sure to tag your photos with #Photos604!
Ballet BC‘s next show, Trace, features three internationally-renowned choreographers fora triple-bill program at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre March 26th to March 28th, 2015.
Ballet BC’s Trace
Trace includes the Canadian Premiere of William Forsythe’s workwithinwork, a World Premiere by Walter Matteini, and the return of audience-favourite Petite Cérémonie by Medhi Walerski.
Ballet BC Dancer Kirsten Wicklund. Photo by Michael Slobodian.
workwithinwork
Canadian Premiere
William Forsythe galvanized the dance world with brilliant, innovative thinking, catapulting him into the international spotlight with his dynamic 21st century approach to the art form. workwithinwork is a superb example of his iconic style, using craft and imagination to explore the limits of dance by allowing the body to interpret space with sophistication and curiosity. Choreography: William Forsythe. Music: Luciano Berio, Duo for two Violins.
New Work
World Premiere
In this World Premiere, Walter Matteini works with the play between the light and dark sides of human nature, “near the border where everything takes a new form. One of Italy’s most dynamic dancemakers, Matteini is an important new voice whose “…purpose is to convey emotion” with his deeply human and accessible work. He has worked with many international companies, including Aterballetto, National Ballet of Marseille, Monte Carlo Ballet and the Lyon Opera Ballet. Choreography: Walter Matteini.
Petite Cérémonie
World Premiere: Ballet BC 2011
Created for Ballet BC, Medhi Walerski’s Petite Cérémonie is a surprising mix of dance and theatre, resulting in a dazzling landscape of movement and ideas. Thought provoking and humorous, the work is an imaginative comment on relationships and the proposition of ‘life in a box.’ Choreography: Medhi Walerski. Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincenzo Bellini, Antonio Vivaldi.
Tickets for this triple-bill are available online now. All performances start at 8:00pm at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Win Tickets to Ballet BC’s Trace
Ballet BC has offered up a pair of tickets to Trace for one lucky Miss604 reader and a guest on March 27th. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, March 23, 2015. Follow Ballet BC on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information.
Update The winner is Amanda!
Essential for afternoons at Third Beach, or breaks from volleyball on the sand in Kitsilano, Gallant & Jones has released the Vancouver Beach Chair for the season, a collaboration with local talented textiles designers KT&Paul.
The Vancouver Beach Chair is all handmade with a solid frame and fabric back, designed and hand printed in Vancouver.
The frame is hand crafted in small batches out of North American White Oak here in Vancouver and it is stained with a natural and eco-friendly oil for superior outdoor protection. With stainless steel screws, it’s built to last! The hand screen printed back is 100% cotton and held together with flat nickel plated pins. The chairs folds flat for storage and carrying, and it looks great in the Vancouver sunshine.
For every chair sold, Gallant & Jones along with designers KT&Paul will be donating $10 to Covenant House Vancouver, a cause very close to my heart. You can purchase the black or the turquoise style online for $169 and if you ever need a new fabric sling for the back, those can be purchased separately.
Gallant & Jones is a local company known for their outdoor furniture (along with bags, tents, and towels). Their most popular product is their Deck Chair, and with every purchase a tree is donated and planted through the Love Trees Program. Follow on Facebook and Twitter for more company info.
