Leap!

With this picture, New Westminster Daily Photo will be on hiatus for a couple of weeks until the craziness with work settles down and I can spend some quality time photographing this great city.

Pacific Central

The train and bus station.

History

It's probably gone now, but this old show sign was exposed after the hideous building next to it was demolished. All that will stay of this building is the Art Deco front. The rest is to replaced by...condos.

Vancity

I remember being 12 years old and taking SkyTrain for the first time. I thought it was so cool that the tracks went directly under the buildings.

Gale Force

Yes, it was a little windy here today. Why do you ask?

Weathered

Heaven

Burger Heaven. The fruit & veg stand. Yum.

Stretch

Part of the new Plaza 88 monstrosity. Grey with the tiniest splash of colour.

Boom

Lots of interesting things in downtown Vancouver.

Inside-Out

Reverse of yesterday's shot, as I stood inside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and shot across the courtyard, capturing the Vancouver CBC building across the road. That's the Vancouver Library kitty corner to the theatre.

Redundant

Queen Elizabeth Theatre from the outside on a typically rainy Vancouver day.

Modernism

View from the balcony level of Queen Elizabeth Theatre, prior to seeing National Ballet of Cuba's presentation of Don Quixote.

End of the Line

What happens after the train passes King George SkyTrain Station...

Bizarre

How does this even make sense? Not only that, the zigzag doesn't even join properly so someone on wheels would find themselves in a slightly dangerous situation. Another example of catering to cars and not giving that much attention to pedestrians, etc.

Overcast

Pitt Lake and the surrounding mountains obscured by low cloud early today.

Small World

Permit me the indulgence of this shot. While at an outdoor education workshop I was using a 10X magnification loupe to investigate the smaller side of nature. This is a photograph I took while studying the bark of a tree. Fantastic!

Nesting

These metal poles at the Surrey Nature Centre were also photographed back in November, but until today I had no idea what they were about. Apparently, they are a teaching tool that shows students (sort of) how birds nests are constructed.

Mason

How many times have I passed this street but never noticed the Freemasons Hall standing there?!

Makeover

This building was featured last summer when still covered in scaffolding. It was given a makeover from an ugly 1970s style facade to this one, of the "old is new" style. Much better.

Expired

Plaque at Admiralty Point for a lease on the land in Belcarra that expired last year after a 99-year term. On the trail leading to this point are bricks and foundations, remnants of squatters' cabins of yore.

Hazy

Frozen

When humans show up, the animals freeze to avoid detection.

Beautiful Day

All the bits of the Quay previously photographed individually, now in one great picture.

Glow

Vogue Theatre sign as seen through Harbour Dance Centre windows.

Trio

Here, too. Gracious.

Sentries

But, wait! There's even more!