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| West End
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| A funky statue that makes me think of a music clef.
| Probably the nicest Macaroni Grill anywhere.
If you view the full
sized image, you can see the Macaroni Grill sign and many outdoor tables
deposited in the garden-like setting.
| The West End is full of high rises and is supposedly the dense-ist part of
the city. Yet most side streets look like this, with many trees, a
feeling of openness, and lovely green traffic calming circles (not that
there is much traffic to calm).
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| Heritage Square
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| Some old houses in Heritage Square, a historic square/park in another
very dense residential part of Vancouver.
| Another historic house, now used as, if I remember correctly, a senior
center.
| One of the parks in Heritage Square. I paused here to rest my feet for a
while. I think the contrast between the Victorian era homes nearby and
the skyscraper in the background is striking.
| The Roedde House Museum, a
historic house in Heritage Square offering tours.
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| Downtown
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| Neat stairs by Robson Square. An incline zig-zags across the stairs for
wheelchairs.
| The Vancouver Art Gallery. (I looked at the list of current exhibits and
decided not to explore it.)
| The north end of Robson Square as seen from the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Look how green it is! (You can tell where this picture was taken by
observing the green van appears in both this and the previous photo.)
| The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.
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| Christ Church Cathedral.
| A random statue downtown.
| Vancouver's downtown. Look how young the city is!
| Panorama looking east from Canada Place toward Gastown. It's easy to tell
Gastown is one of the older sections of the city. On the right of the
image is downtown itself -- it's got newer and taller buildings. On the
far right of the image is some of Canada Place, the cruise ship terminal.
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| Another downtown church: the Holy Rosary Cathedral.
| An old tank by an (abandoned?) military building not far from downtown.
(near Chambar, my dinner destination.)
| A neat building not far from my hotel. I later found out it contained the
main library, shops, and offices.
| A huge tile mural on a building close to my hotel.
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| My hotel. The awning on the left is for the hotel; the storefront on the
right is for the affiliated restaurant.
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| Chambar
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"Halibut & candied ginger beignet, crab & pea shoot salad, lemon
remoulade."
Sorry about the horrible focus. Although it was dark, I didn't want to
use the flash because the place was hip.
| "Maple glazed duck breast, ginger wild rice pilaf. Saute greens, apricot &
pistachio marmalade."
| Chambar's interior. I sat at the bar near the other end. The bar ends
before the back room begins.
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| Fodder for Stanley Park Rose Garden Panorama
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