1976 Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/1976/ Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:48:58 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Goodbye Jericho Wharf https://ounodesign.com/2011/08/17/goodbye-jericho-wharf/ https://ounodesign.com/2011/08/17/goodbye-jericho-wharf/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:48:58 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=12451

1976 Greenpeace launch at Jericho Beach Wharf, with seaplane hangars behind in the Moderne style

Goodbye to another old Vancouver landmark. While the loss of the wharf is sad, the greater loss actually happened about thirty years ago: the demolition of the old beachside military hangars behind the wharf.

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This is a belated short note to say I am participating in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s current exhibition WE Vancouver—12 Manifestos for the City, running February 12–May 1, 2011.

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Pierre Trudeau (white suit) entering Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre, UN-Habitat Conference on Human Settlements, 1976. Courtesy CBC. All rights reserved.

Happy World Habitat Day! I bet you didn’t know that the UN has declared October 1 World Habitat Day.

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This post is sort of a follow-up to a previous post with a similar thesis: that the 60s and 70s aren’t dead, they’re alive and well and living on tumblr.

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