Circle Square

This is at the foot of 8th at Columbia. It was built in summer 2009 as part of regeneration funding in conjunction with the 2010 Olympics. These "squares" are known as Spirit Squares...funny, because it's rather round! Lately, there have been weekend concerts by local bands, sponsored by a local coffee shop, bringing some needed life to this part of town.

Painted Metal

Perhaps this is all that remains of a docking area. I'm not really sure what its former purpose was. It now seems to be an artist canvas, after a fashion.

I tot I taw a puddytat

Seen near 6th and 12th. I believe the van and building belong to the SPCA, though I think it's the thrift store not where animals can be adopted.

Leaves, they are a changin'

First signs of autumn spotted this weekend outside of Brain SkyTrain station. The red leaves contrast nicely with the sky and the yellow lamp standards. Soon they will be on the ground, either fluttering in the wind or clumped in sodden masses from the rain.

Cedar planked

Braid SkyTrain station platform has one of the most beautiful ceilings I've seen. The older stations such as New Westminster and 22nd Street are rather plain and functional, but the newer stations on the Millennium and Canada lines are much more architecturally in tune with the Pacific Northwest type of building: cedar, skylights, vaulted ceilings, glass.

Jiggy Jig*

This is but one section of several groupings that are lying in the pavement at Braid SkyTrain station, both in the ticket concourse and outside the main entrance. It's tricky to read them as you go past without blocking the path of those behind you!


*read closely - the title will make sense

Steamrollin'

This is a 1911 steamroller made by Rushton-Proctor Ltd of Lincoln, England. It was purchased by New Westminster city in 1912, and was in use until 1969. Since that time it has spent time in a variety of museums around British Columbia, and was returned to the City of New Westminster in June 2010. It's now in the care of the New Westminster Museum & Archives, where money is being raised for its restoration.