Blog: Cover to Vancouver

Blog by Beebe Cline, PREC*


JUNE 8TH, 2010 Cover to Vancouver Tomes on Basquiat and Bourdin grace the coffee table, but what of your home metropolis? Our young city’s changes are pictorially documented in Vancouver Then and Now. The 144-page hardcover by Francis Mansbridge, an English professor and former North Vancouver archivist, compares buildings, landmarks and plots of land of the past to their present incarnations with historical snaps and fascinating facts. Now we can’t walk into Sears downtown without picturing the opulent old Opera House that once stood there, which staged performances by Ethel Barrymore (Drew’s great-aunt) and required evening dress. $22.95 at The People’s Co-op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, 604-253-6442, www.peoplescoopbookstore.com

This entry was posted on June 8th, 2010 | Posted in Vitamin V