Gastown has quite the history. This is where Vancouver was born. We all know about old Gassy Jack. And the steam clock is a constant reminder that once upon a time in the 70’s, this weird and wonderful little place redefined itself, and once again, rose from obscurity into a bright shining star. Today …
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Gastown is the one of the oldest areas in Vancouver and indeed, the most haunted. Whether a dark spectral yarn be solid as a rock or fluffy as a feather, one thing’s for sure: Gastown has a rich history filled with many a bizarre tale. Believe what you will, here are five confirmed ghost …
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Name: Walter Manning Title: Owner Organization/Business: Old Faithful Shop Social: @oldfaithfulshop What do you do and how did you get here? I am the owner of The Old Faithful Shop and we’ve been here since 2010. General Stores have been part of my family for many generations, and back home in Newfoundland, my grandparents on …
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(McGyver enjoying a refreshing strawberry cone as he strolls past the Steamclock in the show’s opening credits). It’s hard to deny that Hollywood has an ongoing love affair with Gastown. Walk through the neighbourhood on any given day and there’s a very good chance of encountering a film set covering a few blocks, or …
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Gastown is lucky to have so many fine restaurants, shops, cafés and interesting places for visitors and locals to hang out in. Many people come here for all that. But there is a growing trend among art collectors, (including many locals), in acquiring high quality First Nations art, particularly from the west coast of …
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“There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin.” ―from ‘Flowers for Algernon’ by Daniel Keyes. Doors can reveal a lot about the space to which they allow one to enter and to leave from. They are often your first point of physical contact, and your last, between the divide that separates …
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In Gastown, beer and history go together, as much as french fries and ketchup; you can’t have one without the other. As the birthplace of Vancouver, Gastown is as old it gets when it comes to the remnants of a time that once was. It’s almost impossible to sit in any of our fine …
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From The Great Fire of 1886 – Chuck Davis, the Great Vancouver Book Vancouver, a city of about 1,000 wooden buildings was destroyed in less than 45 minutes, some say as little as 20. Details vary in the accounts of eyewitnesses, but all agree it happened with stunning suddenness. “Vancouver didn’t burn,” said one eyewitness, …
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