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In Memorium
No. 2193 - 06 Feb 2008 - 15:33:34
I think of this as my grandfather's window at 901 Main Street due to the building's use as a Rec Hall for the employees of the B.C Electric Railway Company, for whom he worked, before the First World War. He was already in his mid-30's but youthful for his age when he signed up in 1914; in the 16th Canadian Scottish he was among those who suffered through action at Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
My father was apparently conceived as his father went off to battle and born to his mother nine months later on December 29, 1917 in Folkestone, England while German zeppelins dropped bombs on her hometown of London. Meanwhile his father was in hospital for wounds suffered at Vimy; by March 1918 and now 40 years old Granddad was sent back to Canada with his war bride and infant son. By all accounts he was never the same again and did not return to his former job at B.C. Electric after the war.
In later years the building was home to artist's studios but now that developers have moved the painters out, in anticipation of eventual condo development, its fate is uncertain. The window remains as a melancholy tribute to duty and memory.
I think of this as my grandfather's window at 901 Main Street due to the building's use as a Rec Hall for the employees of the B.C Electric Railway Company, for whom he worked, before the First World War. He was already in his mid-30's but youthful for his age when he signed up in 1914; in the 16th Canadian Scottish he was among those who suffered through action at Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
My father was apparently conceived as his father went off to battle and born to his mother nine months later on December 29, 1917 in Folkestone, England while German zeppelins dropped bombs on her hometown of London. Meanwhile his father was in hospital for wounds suffered at Vimy; by March 1918 and now 40 years old Granddad was sent back to Canada with his war bride and infant son. By all accounts he was never the same again and did not return to his former job at B.C. Electric after the war.
In later years the building was home to artist's studios but now that developers have moved the painters out, in anticipation of eventual condo development, its fate is uncertain. The window remains as a melancholy tribute to duty and memory.
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901 Main Street,
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Arena At Sunrise
No. 1182 - 17 Dec 2010 - 08:12:17 * No. 1194 - 17 Dec 2010 - 08:11:35
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Birthplace
No. 4169 - 16 Mar 2010 - 18:35:34 * No. 4173 - 16 Mar 2010 - 18:36:22
Where I was born 56 years ago is now a centre of medical research and the second largest hospital in Canada. The building on the far right, is a tower of the original Heather Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital. It sits at the top of Fairview Slopes, in the middle of the Vancouver Hospital and Health Services Centre with its assorted pavilions, medical office towers, satellite divisions, rehab centres as well as its neighbour, the BC Cancer Agency, and far flung partner, the UBC Teaching Hospital.
A large workforce requires feeding and I have noted a preponderance of good and inexpensive restaurants along this part of the Broadway corridor although two of my favourites were recently closed because of fire damage. The south side of Broadway may be almost as old as the 104 year old Heather Pavilion itself which is less vulnerable to fire due to a recent renovation.
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architecture,
delicious food,
heritage,
medical industry
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