A photo tour through New Westminster, BC - Royal City - 49°12′25″N 122°54′40″W
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Subtle
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
In, Out, About
After a morning of snow, the sun came out and melted most of it. I took a late afternoon walk in the crisp, cool, sunny weather and ended up back at the high school. This is the door to the Pearson wing of the high school (name after former prime minister of Canada, Lester B Pearson, I assume).
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Moody View
Monday, December 27, 2010
Junction
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Cosy
Two of my favourite little houses. Thankfully, residents of New Westminster are more fond of restoring older homes than knocking them down to build box-like behemoths as is popular in Vancouver and Richmond. The home on the left is a B&B, and at night that have a twee display of Christmas lights in the front garden: elves, peppermint sticks, reindeer...
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Change
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tropical
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Bookwork
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Wanna dance?
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Fake
Friday, December 17, 2010
Span
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Nemesis
In an area of concrete tower blocks, this innocuous looking engine is the downfall for anyone who is a light sleeper. The area around the quay is a railyard, with trains making noise at all hours of the day...and night.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Standout
This very trendy green may look a bit dated in a few years. No matter, it's eyecatching now and that's what counts.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Busy Bees
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Wreath
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Ivy
Another sign mentioning a sister city of New Westminster, this time down at the Quay. Soon the sign may be no more, as the omnipresent English Ivy appears to be taking over.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Two-wheeled
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Trippy
Monday, December 6, 2010
Wide Angle
A question from Raskolniikov made me realize that the Oh, Buoy! photo from a few days ago was out of context if you've never seen the New West Quay. This photo should clear things up somewhat.
This is an overhead view of the quay, from the walkway over the railway. The Tin Soldier is to the left, there's the buoy again, the Pilot House boat which I have also posted photos of previously, and, in the distance, a real tug pulling a barge full of gravel down the Fraser River. Every time I walk over to the quay, a similar view greets me (sometimes cloudy, sometimes without the tug/barge combo).
Labels:
boat,
Fraser River,
play park,
public art,
Quay,
Tin Soldier,
tugboat,
water
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Streetscape
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Oh, buoy!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Reach
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Bling
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Union
Monday, November 29, 2010
Skins
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saintly Sunday
This church has been featured before, the St Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It looks a little different today as it's Holodomor Awareness Week (holod = famine, moryty = kill by starvation) in Canada, where the various Ukrainian groups remember the victims of the famine created as the Soviet government requisitioned all foods grown in Ukraine. Some reports state that near to one quarter of Ukraine's population perished. There are 33 black flags representing the year 1933, when the famine reached its peak of devastation.
(Info from the black sign on the building.)
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Airy
Modern Blue
This is a common theme these days on apartment blocks around New Westminster and, indeed, the whole Lower Mainland. Some modernizing is happening, as you can see with this gorgeous blue paint and the new white window frames. However, nothing can hide the dated brick at the bottom. That stuff only works with what was probably the original brown-ish pebbled siding (the now blue part) and the old-style wood or steel window frames. Regardless, an improvement! Now if only we could banish ugly architecture for good, and stick with what will stand the test of time.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wonderland
For the first time, New Westminster Daily Photo leaves the city. This photo was taken in Surrey, just across the river, as I was waiting for the bus to return to New Westminster. This is just a taste of the weather we had over the past 24 hours: snow, then more snow, then snowy rain, then rain.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Jaunty
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Uptown
Monday, November 22, 2010
Round Around
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Font
Saturday, November 20, 2010
First Snow
The town square clock - posted last Saturday - and how it looks this Saturday.
Due to the effects of La Nina (the year following an El Nino year), we are - apparently - due for lots of snow and colder temperatures than typical. Last night was the first major storm: wind, rain, then snow. Today the air was crisp with the arctic air still lingering.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Scales
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Floating
Down there, on Front Street, is Antique Alley. Amongst the interesting shops is some interesting cinema history: this was the street that was converted into the futuristic main street set of Robocop. The stairs that appear to float above the street lead up to the Front Street parkade, located over the street.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Obey
This is the old New Westminster Courthouse. The new one is facing it, on the opposite side of the street. According to various sources including Heritage New Westminster, this building is in the Romanesque Revival style, originally built in 1891, destroyed by fire in 1898 along with most of downtown New Westminster, and rebuilt in 1899.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
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