Autumn Scenes in Vancouver

Here's something I shot on my iPhone in late September:

Cambie Street Stroll

Today's beautiful weather gave me the perfect opportunity to walk downtown. I chose to go down Cambie Street.

This is a shot from just above Broadway, looking north.
Here you see the remnants of the Canada Line construction. The building across the street will be the Broadway station.
Looking south towards 12th Avenue, you can see a potpourri of construction equipment.
I absolutely LOVE old cars. Here are 3 of many that were cruising down Cambie. Absolutely delightful!
Not too far after getting onto the Cambie Bridge I captured this photo. You can see the white roof of BC Place in between two newer Yaletown towers.
Here's a mini-panorama of the Olympic Athletes Village, which is still under construction.
This is about halfway across the bridge.
I loved the contrast of this bright red kayak against the grey-green water.
Here's a bank of extra seats sitting outside of BC Place.

Summer Greetings from Vancouver!

Exploring Vancouver's New Seawall Areas

After a long but exhilarating week, I very much needed to get out on my bike and get some good exercise in. I had heard that some new segments of the False Creek Seawall had recently opened up and decided to explore them first hand.

Lo and behold, they've opened up a lot of key segments that have been closed due to construction. It's now possible to ride along or near the water, all the way from the Kitsilano Pool, past Granville Island, all the way to Science World, and then all the way over to Stanley Park. To whomever is responsible, let me offer a hearty, "Job Well Done"!

The blue line represents the previous near water access one could walk or bicycle or rollerblade on. The green segments represent the newly opened ones.

Here are new photos of the delightful Canada Geese kids. I tried finding the correct name but could not. I did however learn that in French they're called "Bernache du Canada" and in Spanish they go by the name "Ganso canadiense".





And here are 2 turtles nearby. Notice that in both photos, the heads of this pair are looking in exactly the same direction. The photos were taken just a few seconds apart so it's not like the sun moved that much. Fascinating creatures!


This gigantic pair of "deck chairs" sits on the new long section at the southeast corner of False Creek. The people lounging in them seemed to be enjoying themselves!

In the background are some of the new towers in the eastern part of Yaletown.


This is a little man-made island that is still under construction. I don't know if anyone will ever be allowed on it. Something tells me not.

These are a few of the new buildings going up in the southeast False Creek area. They're called Millennium Water.
And finally, on the north side of False Creek, there's one new section of the seawall. All along were these incredible wild flowers.

Scenes from False Creek

Do you see all the cranes in the background? They're building the Athletes Olympic Village, which will then be sold to the public. You can learn more about it here.

False Creek Flowers

Afternoon Walk - Part 5

The title of "walking" is a bit erroneous here but I wanted to stay consistent!


I left the sound in this video so you may want to turn down the volume on your computer before you play it.

The tan coloured building is the same one I profiled here.

Vancouver on a Cold Spring Day

Vancouver's Historic Railway

There's a neat little railway that runs on the south shore of False Creek, between Science World and Granville Island. Their website says it's not running but I found out different today.

The Burrard Street Bridge

It was exceptionally windy in Vancouver today. Here's a shot of the Burrard Street Bridge and the mouth of False Creek.

False Creek Panorama

I took this shot from near the centre of the Burrard Street Bridge. Be sure to click on the thumbnail to see it full-size: