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Sep 30
pasttensevancouver: Hotel Vancouver, Friday, 7 July 1916 This is the second Hotel Vancouver the year it opened. It was demolished in the 1940s after the returned veterans who were squatting it were moved into the Dunsmuir Hotel, which was taken over by the Sally Ann  & converted into a men’s hostel. The third (current) Hotel Vancouver opened in 1939, but this one was the best of the bunch. Get a load of them Western Canada gargoyles. Source: Detail from a panorama by WJ Moore, City of Vancouver Archives #PAN N120A

pasttensevancouver:

Hotel Vancouver, Friday, 7 July 1916

This is the second Hotel Vancouver the year it opened. It was demolished in the 1940s after the returned veterans who were squatting it were moved into the Dunsmuir Hotel, which was taken over by the Sally Ann  & converted into a men’s hostel. The third (current) Hotel Vancouver opened in 1939, but this one was the best of the bunch. Get a load of them Western Canada gargoyles.

Source: Detail from a panorama by WJ Moore, City of Vancouver Archives #PAN N120A
Posted at 11:36 PM 57 notes Tagged: VancouverhistoryHotel Vancouver
Source: Flickr / vancouver-archives

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    Moose and buffalo gargoyles! Go Canada!
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    Sad we no longer have this building - look at how gorgeous it was!
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    gargoyles”… that’s what I like about this old photo the most, moose and buffalo gargoyles - awesome! People, check out...
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    Wow. How can you miss someone you never met? Oh Hotel Vancouver.
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    Holy shit. I am so bummed that I have never seen moose and bison head gargoyles IRL. So great! So so great! Tearing down...
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    Those are amazing
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