Exploring Vancouver
Exploring Vancouver

Author: Harold Kalman

Publisher: D & M Publishers

Published: 2012-04-27

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1553658671

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Vancouver's streetscapes and neighbourhoods have changed drastically in recent years. New buildings representing current architectural trends are mixing with and often replacing those of earlier eras and tastes, and a maturing architectrual melange is emerging. This book invites the reader to explore the city's continually evolving urban landscape in a highly readable, yet authoritative, guide to its architecture. In this completely updated edition of Exploring Vancouver, with brand-new entries and accompanying photographs, Harold Kalman and Robin Ward have divided the city (including the North Shore, Richmond, Burnaby and New Westminster) into fourteen areas, selecting buildings and structures in these neighbourhoods that represent the best exakmples of the new and old architecture. Each area is preceded by an informative introduction that provides historical context for the entries that follow. There are over 400 entries, each featuring a short description that combines architectural, historical and social commentary. The prose is lively as the authors consider the new and the old, the modest and the grand, the attractive and the not-so-attractive in a wide-ranging work that encompasses everything from heritage to "monster" homes. This book is designed as a walking tour guide, with a map of each area showing the location of every entry.

Exploring Vancouver
Exploring Vancouver

Author: Harold Kalman

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0774842849

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Vancouver's streetscapes have changed drastically in recent years. New buildings representing current architectural trends are mixing with and often replacing those of earlier eras and tastes. Exploring Vancouver invites the reader to experience the city's continually evolving landscape in a readable, yet authoritative, guide.

Insight Guides Explore Vancouver & BC (Travel Guide eBook)
Insight Guides Explore Vancouver & BC (Travel Guide eBook)

Author: Insight Guides

Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1839053054

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Insight Guides Explore Vancouver & BC Travel made easy. Ask local experts. Focused travel guide featuring the very best routes and itineraries. Discover the best of Vancouver & BC with this unique travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see, top attractions like Vancouver Lookout, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and the Vancouver Aquarium, to discovering cultural gems, including exploring sprawling Stanley Park with its beaches and lakes, walking across the awesome Capilano Suspension Bridge and perusing the delights of Vancouver's vibrant Chinatown, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, and help you plan and enhance your visit to Vancouver & BC.
Features of this travel guide to Toronto & Ontario: - 16 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat and drink along the way - Local highlights: discover the area's top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery - Historical and cultural insights: immerse yourself in Vancouver & BC's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Insider recommendations: discover the best hotels, restaurants and nightlife using our comprehensive listings - Practical full-colour maps: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy - Covers: Waterfront and Downtown, Chinatown and Gastown, Stanley Park, University of British Columbia, Capilano and Grouse Mountain, Sea to Sky Highway, the Okanagan, Revelstoke to the Rockies, Victoria Downtown and around, Victoria Rockland and Gonzales, Cowichan Valley and Nanaimo, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Northern Vancouver Island, Highway 16 and Haida Gwaii Looking for a comprehensive guide to Vancouver & BC? Check out Insight Guides Canada for a detailed and entertaining look at all the country has to offer. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Insight Guides Explore Vancouver & Victoria (Travel Guide eBook)
Insight Guides Explore Vancouver & Victoria (Travel Guide eBook)

Author: Insight Guides

Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited

Published: 2019-08-01

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1839051221

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Pocket-sized travel guides featuring the very best routes and itineraries. Discover the best of Vancouver and Victoria with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Vancouver's Gastown and Stanley Park and Victoria's harbour and maritime museum, and further away gems like Grouse Mountain and Whistler, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan and enhance your visit to Vancouver and Victoria. Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this is the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Vancouver and Victoria. - Over 15 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way - Local highlights: discover what makes the area special, its top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery - Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips - Hand-picked places: find your way to great hotels, restaurants and nightlife using the comprehensive listings - Practical maps: get around with ease and follow the walks and tours using the detailed maps - Informative tips: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping - Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience - Covers: Canada Place and the waterfront, False Creek and Yaletown, Chinatown and Gastown, Granville Island, Downtown, Stanley Park, Vanier Park and Kitsilano Beach, University of British Columbia, Capilano and Grouse Mountain, Sea to Sky Highway, Victoria Harbour to Bastion Square, Victoria Harbour to Beacon Hill Park, Rockland and Gonzalez (Victoria), Saanich Peninsula, Cowichan Valley and Nanaimo About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Vancouver Island Book of Everything
Vancouver Island Book of Everything

Author: Peter Grant

Publisher: Macintyrepurcell Publishing, Incorporated

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780978478483

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From Hudson's Bay outpost to gold rush fever and coal and lumber barons to political scandals Island-style to the mighty Douglas fir and Pacific salmon and profiles of Emily Carr, Cougar Annie and the Dunsmuir clan, no book is more comprehensive than the Vancouver Island Book of Everything. No book is more fun! Well-known Islanders weigh in on their favourite things about Vancouver Island. Robert Bateman shares his five most inspiring island locales; Michael Halleran tells us the five graves you simply must visit at Ross Bay Cemetery; Ian Vantreight tells us his five Island weather complaints; history teacher and Vancouver Island digital archive editor Patrick Dunae gives us his five essential Vancouver Island reads; professor Barbara Helem Whittington gives us her five favorite memories of growing up on the island. From politics to the country's best weather to the origins behind place names, Island slang, serial killers and the First People...it's all here! Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there's no more complete book about Vancouver Island. If you love Vancouver Island, you'll love the Vancouver Island Book of Everything!

Towards Cascadia
Towards Cascadia

Author: Ryan C. Moothart

Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group

Published: 2016-07-26

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1635051584

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Towards Cascadia is about the unique region of Cascadia, and explores themes of bioregionalism, identity, freedom, civics, and more so as to make one comprehensive, coherent argument in support of Cascadia. The goal of this book to propose a different way of understanding the Pacific Northwest and regional differentiation in upper North America that readers find legitimate.

Modern Movement Heritage
Modern Movement Heritage

Author: Allen Cunningham

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1135809283

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This collection of essays serves as an introduction to modern architectural heritage and the specific problems related to the conservation of modern structures. It covers policy, planning and construction. A selection of case studies elaborates on these issues and illustrates how problems have been addressed. This volume celebrates the first 5 years of DoCoMoMo's role and influence in this important area of building conservation.

Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call 2010
Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call 2010

Author: Kelly Kealy

Publisher: Fodor

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1400008697

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Fodor's. For Choice Travel Experiences. Fodor's helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you're at the helm, Fodor's offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It's like having a cruise-savvy friend in Alaska -Updated annually, Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook. -Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime. -If it's not worth your time, it's not in this book. Fodor's discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor's Choice designations, ensure that you'll know about the most interesting and enjoyable options for cruising in Alaska. -Experience an Alaskan cruise like an insider Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call includes choices for every type of cruiser---from small vessels to luxurious crafts, from popular ports like Ketchikan and Haines to wild, out-of-the-way destinations like Kodiak and Dutch Harbor---plus coverage of Alaska's whales, glaciers, gold, shore excursions great and small, and much more -Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include "Top Reasons to Go," "Word of Mouth" advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common cruising pitfalls. -Use the expanded selection of maps to orient yourself to each port of embarkation and port of call. Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.