A photo tour through New Westminster, BC - Royal City - 49°12′25″N 122°54′40″W
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Books & Bikes
The Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant is decorated in a way that seems to fit New West's pseudo-Victorian image. This is but a portion of the books, bikes, lamps, stained glass windows and even streetcar (yes! filled with tables and chairs!) that fill the restaurant.
The food is also very good - I myself ate the Spaghetti with Mizrithi cheese a la Homer, a dish that legend serves Homer lived off of whilst writing 'Iliad'. Whether or not its true is immaterial; it was delicious!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Up!
Monday, June 28, 2010
School's out!
In honour of the end of the school year, a post taken outside New Westminster's only high school. As you may be able to see, students were writing provincial exams as late as this morning! The final day of school is tomorrow, and is usually a half day where students receive their report cards and best wishes for the next school year.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saintly Sunday
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Feelin' Blue
Friday, June 25, 2010
Pilot House
Back on the New West Quay this sunny evening for a walk. Facing the World's Largest Tin Soldier (arm and leg at right of photo) is a play structure for the kids, the M.V. Expo Tugger (1986). Based on the year, I assume it was installed the year of the World's Expo in Vancouver. There were no kids playing on it tonight, so I did just after taking this photo.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Spindle
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Trainspotting
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Reach for the Top
Friday, June 18, 2010
Sleeping Policeman
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Playing Captain
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Weatherbeaten
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Big Red
Sapperton Landing Park, the Wharf.
This building - the Wharf - is located 180 degrees from yesterday's tugboat photo. It dates from the 1930s.
The Wharf was a transfer point for food, wood, coal, supplies and prisoners as this landing point on the Brunette River (and its confluence with the Fraser River) was once the location of a First Nations' village, a Royal Engineers' camp, the first colonial legislature of BC and a federal penitentiary.
Monday, June 14, 2010
This Little Tug Could
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Barefoot on the Grass
Friday, June 11, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Leaving the platform
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Verandah
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Mock Tudor
Friday, June 4, 2010
Hart Block
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Puddle Jumper
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Knox
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Donation
Mural on the side of the former Salvation Army store next to New Westminster Skytrain Station. The buildings above and to the right are new, and it would appear that this old building is going to be somehow incorporated into the building complex that is soon to include shops and cinemas. If I am remembering correctly, construction of this megalith has been ongoing since 2006.
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