Up to Vancouver - August 2nd-6th 2006

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August 4th 2006: Yaletown, Granville Island, UBC, Museum of Anthropology, Japanese Garden, Richmond Night Market

Of the three movies:

  • One movie is a panorama looking west from the tip of UBC (University of British Columbia). It was taken near the Museum of Anthropology.
  • Two are of Nitobe Garden, a Japanese garden at UBC. One movie is a panorama of the garden from the gazebo in the center of the garden. I took the movie by sliding around the gazebo as I filmed. The other movie is of the light pattern on the wall by a small canal near Nitobe garden. Light reflecting off the waves in the canal produced the neat pattern.

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Yaletown (again)
Vancouver is a recent city, as demonstrated by all the apartment buildings built within the last thirty years.
I tried walking down a different street in Yaletown, in hope that my poor impression of it was because I missed the cool part during my previous wanderings. This street, which I believe is Hamilton Street, is the other main street in Yaletown. It wasn't any cooler than the other parts of Yaletown I saw that made me decide Yaletown was a fairly unexciting district.
Engine 374, which in the 1880s reportedly pulled the first passenger train into Vancouver.
Vancouver is a recent city, as demonstrated by all the apartment buildings built within the last thirty years.
I tried walking down a different street in Yaletown, in hope that my poor impression of it was because I missed the cool part during my previous wanderings. This street, which I believe is Hamilton Street, is the other main street in Yaletown. It wasn't any cooler than the other parts of Yaletown I saw that made me decide Yaletown was a fairly unexciting district.
Engine 374, which in the 1880s reportedly pulled the first passenger train into Vancouver.
Granville Island
A boat run by the False Creek Ferry company. I didn't take this one; I happened to take the boat of its competitor, shown in the next picture.
The Aquabus I rode from Yaletown to Granville Island.
Some fish caught that morning on sale at one of the many purveyors at the Granville Island Market.
A cute boat hanging under the Granville Bridge. The bridge passes entirely over Granville Island.
A boat run by the False Creek Ferry company. I didn't take this one; I happened to take the boat of its competitor, shown in the next picture.
The Aquabus I rode from Yaletown to Granville Island.
Some fish caught that morning on sale at one of the many purveyors at the Granville Island Market.
A cute boat hanging under the Granville Bridge. The bridge passes entirely over Granville Island.
A row of large floating homes. Can you imagine the dock fees for such a prime location?
Close-up of one particular floating home. Most floating homes had a nice garden on the roof, easily photographable from the level of the boardwalk.
A full 360 degree panorama from the top of a park in the southeast corner of Granville Island. The left side of the picture looks roughly west at the Granville Bridge high above Granville Island; the bridge and dome one-third of the way from the left are roughly east-northeast. And yes, Vancouver was as beautiful and clear during the entire trip as this picture makes it appear. Excellent, especially for giving an impression of the skyline.
Burrard Bridge. It's west from Granville Island. I also photographed it at night and hiked across it after the fireworks on the first day of my trip.
A row of large floating homes. Can you imagine the dock fees for such a prime location?
Close-up of one particular floating home. Most floating homes had a nice garden on the roof, easily photographable from the level of the boardwalk.
A full 360 degree panorama from the top of a park in the southeast corner of Granville Island. The left side of the picture looks roughly west at the Granville Bridge high above Granville Island; the bridge and dome one-third of the way from the left are roughly east-northeast.
And yes, Vancouver was as beautiful and clear during the entire trip as this picture makes it appear.
Excellent, especially for giving an impression of the skyline.
Burrard Bridge. It's west from Granville Island. I also photographed it at night and hiked across it after the fireworks on the first day of my trip.
Go Fish
The Go Fish shack and its avid fans.
Halibut fish and chips, with coleslaw and condiments.
The Go Fish shack and its avid fans.
Halibut fish and chips, with coleslaw and condiments.
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia has many wide open spaces like this. The campus felt like it was as low density as Stanford.
One (the?) main plaza. The central library is to the left. This picture looks north across Burrard Inlet to North Vancouver's mountains (which are actually north-northwest of the city).
This huge, modern structure is UBC's central library (Koerner Library). It must have great lighting inside.
Across from the library, UBC's clock tower and the castle-like Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
The University of British Columbia has many wide open spaces like this. The campus felt like it was as low density as Stanford.
One (the?) main plaza. The central library is to the left. This picture looks north across Burrard Inlet to North Vancouver's mountains (which are actually north-northwest of the city).
This huge, modern structure is UBC's central library (Koerner Library). It must have great lighting inside.
Across from the library, UBC's clock tower and the castle-like Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
An odd, cylindrical, squat building. It's apparently the Chan Centre, UBC's main venue for artistic performances.
UBC has a very nice rose garden above a parking garage.
The view west from the open area behind the Museum of Anthropology. The movie has a panorama from a nearby location.
The bench near the library upon which I sat and read for a while in late afternoon (after visiting the museum and Japanese garden but before heading to the night market).
An odd, cylindrical, squat building. It's apparently the Chan Centre, UBC's main venue for artistic performances.
UBC has a very nice rose garden above a parking garage.
The view west from the open area behind the Museum of Anthropology.
The movie has a panorama from a nearby location.
The bench near the library upon which I sat and read for a while in late afternoon (after visiting the museum and Japanese garden but before heading to the night market).
A pretty waterfall I discovered by following my ears to a courtyard by a random building
Tall apartment buildings provided some on-campus housing, mostly to upperclassmen.
A pretty waterfall I discovered by following my ears to a courtyard by a random building
Tall apartment buildings provided some on-campus housing, mostly to upperclassmen.
Museum of Anthropology
One totem near the entrance to UBC's Museum of Anthropology.
Another such totem. Imagine how large the tree that became this statue must've been.
The museum's nicely embossed entrance.
The ramp down to the great hall.
One totem near the entrance to UBC's Museum of Anthropology.
Another such totem. Imagine how large the tree that became this statue must've been.
The museum's nicely embossed entrance.
The ramp down to the great hall.
The central totem in the great hall. The museum had multi-story windows to fill the building with natural light.
Totems on the left in the great hall.
Totems on the right in the great hall.
Further to the right in the great hall, a totem is framed by another (arch) totem.
The central totem in the great hall. The museum had multi-story windows to fill the building with natural light.
Totems on the left in the great hall.
Totems on the right in the great hall.
Further to the right in the great hall, a totem is framed by another (arch) totem.
A panorama of all the totems in the great hall. Excellent only because of its comprehensiveness. Apologies: the photo doesn't often respect the vertical. If you want better pictures of particular totems, examine the previous photographs.
A quirky-angled photo of many boxes. Excellent. I forgot what these were supposedly used for.
Bill Reid's sculpture "The Raven and the First Men." Excellent. I especially like the lighting. The museum was built on an old military site. This sunroof is where a gun turret used to stand.
A different, more obscene image of Bill Reid's sculpture "The Raven and the First Men."
A panorama of all the totems in the great hall. Excellent only because of its comprehensiveness. Apologies: the photo doesn't often respect the vertical. If you want better pictures of particular totems, examine the previous photographs.
A quirky-angled photo of many boxes. Excellent. I forgot what these were supposedly used for.
Bill Reid's sculpture "The Raven and the First Men." Excellent. I especially like the lighting. The museum was built on an old military site. This sunroof is where a gun turret used to stand.
A different, more obscene image of Bill Reid's sculpture "The Raven and the First Men."