gastown Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/gastown/ Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:24:04 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Do not work for Mommie Dearest (Craigslist ad) https://ounodesign.com/2016/10/11/vancouver-craigslist-ad/ https://ounodesign.com/2016/10/11/vancouver-craigslist-ad/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:24:04 +0000 https://ounodesign.com/?p=19332

I’m expecting that this Craigslist Vancouver ad (text at bottom of this post) will get so much abuse it’ll be taken down soon, so I’m cutting and pasting it here.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2016/10/11/vancouver-craigslist-ad/feed/ 1 Gastown poster – 1960s or 1970s style https://ounodesign.com/2015/07/04/gastown-poster-1960s-1970s-style/ https://ounodesign.com/2015/07/04/gastown-poster-1960s-1970s-style/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2015 17:26:38 +0000 https://ounodesign.com/?p=18447

Because of my research on a 1976 event, people keep bringing me things from that general era. Thanks to my friend Resi for finding this in her mother’s house and bringing it to me yesterday.

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The receipt says October 21, 2013. I was at a local restaurant (which shall remain nameless) with two architect girlfriends. As I looked over the restaurant’s faux-Victorian, Yukon gold rush brothel decor (readers of this blog know is something that has been irking me for a while) I asked for their opinions.

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This example of blobitecture is being proposed for Vancouver, apparently to be squeezed between two older buildings on the waterfront in the historic neighbourhood known as Gastown. There has been no public hearing regarding the building, so the public have taken to social media to express what seems to be more displeasure than pleasure.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2015/01/22/turbo-architecture/feed/ 0 April Tidey https://ounodesign.com/2009/04/20/april-tidey/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/04/20/april-tidey/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:34:00 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=3153

This tiny sample of photos is from the new website of Vancouver interior designer April Tidey. They include shots of her own amazing loft in Gastown, one of Vancouver’s oldest neighbourhoods.

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