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April 24th, 2006
On Saturday I took the walk around the Main Street-Science World SkyTrain station as suggested by John Atkin in his book SkyTrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every Station, and created a section for it here on Just a Gwai Lo. My favourite photos are Green Empty Benches, the signs at the end of Ontario St. (seen to the right) and the elevated SkyTrain guideways. It took a few minutes to spot the Seeds and Feed advertisement, but I found it after walking to the westernmost side of the block behind the building.
The neighbourhood surrounds False Creek, which, from the book, we learn “got its name from a notation made on a map by one of Captain Vancouver's crew who thought the body of water might be a river but turned out to be a 'false creek'.” Various sources, Discover Vancouver among them, say the member of Vancouver's crew was Captain George Richards.
I hear parts of Main Street south of Broadway are nice too. Almost 10 years in this city—at least the regional district—and I've never been to Q.E. Park. During the summer I shouldn't have any trouble finding an excuse to go.
A Quiet Memorial at Thornton Park
Remembering and listing the 14 women killed at L'École Polytechnique on December 6th, 1989.
Angiotech International Building
1618 Station St., part of the False Creek Research Park.
Argo Cafe: Full Course Meals
Not open on weekends.
Barbara Daigneault Memorial at Thornton Park
Part of the memorial for the 14 women murdered at L'École Polytechnique in 1989. There's one for each student murdered, listed at the Wikipedia page for the École Polytechnique massacre.
