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Jan 14, 2015 · The B.C. Permanent Building is one of downtown Vancouver’s hidden gems. With its elegant entrance columns and soaring two-storey interior, the building at 330 West Pender is a classic...
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The B.C. Permanent Building is a small-scale, two-storey temple form bank building clad in sandstone, with Neoclassical Revival details. It is located mid-block, on the south side of West Pender Street within the context of other commercial buildings of similar scale and age in central downtown Vancouver.
Significant as an excellent example of Neoclassical Revival, temple form design, the B.C. Permanent Building has survived relatively unaltered, retaining a high level of integrity. Built in 1907, the building is stylistically important for its strong, English Palladian style inspiration as seen in the rusticated stone facade, Diocletian window, vou...
Key elements that define the heritage character of the B.C. Permanent Building include its: - siting in an early commercial area of Vancouver among other commercial buildings - mid-block location on the north side of West Pender Street, built to the property line - contribution to the streetscape as part of an unbroken streetwall - commercial form,...
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Dec 21, 2015 · As we often note (usually on our Facebook Page), the Vancouver Archives contain a trove of copyright free images of our city. A bit of a well kept secret is that they offer many of these images at high resolution, downloadable off of their website, FOR FREE.
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Jun 2, 2022 · The city archives has over 8,600 of his photos, from commercial product shots to portraits to news events. This set of 15 is notable, though, as the first photos of B.C. taken from the air, as Hoy flew around the city.