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Slipping Into Darkness, delivers
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COOLEST OFFICIAL NEW
LANDMARK
Vancouver has a treasure that ranks
among the best in the world. The
PNE’s 51-year old classic wooden
roller coaster was given official
landmark status on July 11, 2009,
by the roller-coaster world’s prestigious American Coaster Enthusiasts. It’s now one of only five coasters worldwide to have both classic
(this means that our coaster is original and doesn’t have any modern add-ons like vision-impairing
headrests) and landmark honours.
What makes our coaster so special?
Its amazing design: once the coaster is pulled by chain to the peak of
the first hill, it zips down, up, and
around completely by gravity, attaining speeds up to 80 kilometres
per hour. There’s a thrill in every
downward dip as riders are lifted
out of their seats for some screaming airtime.
Most Architecturally
awesome Ornamentation
The Marine Building (355 Burrard Street) features some of the
finest maritime-themed architectural ornamentation in the world.
Built in 1930, this 21-storey edifice
pays homage to all things nautical
with intricately carved scenes of
sea life (crabs, sea horses, starfish,
and the like) framing the exterior
walls and entranceway. Terra cotta
Neptunes, tridents in hand, guard
the corners of the sixteenth f loor.
Once inside the lobby, look up to
see lights nestled in plasterwork
sconces shaped like the prows of
ships, and a clock where nautical
symbols stand in for numerals.
The f loor displays the signs of the
zodiac. Even the five high-speed
elevators are gawk-worthy with
their bronze doors and walls that
have been painstakingly inlaid
with a dozen varieties of indigenous B.C. hardwoods.
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Vancouver Heritage Foundation
402-510 West Hastings Street
604-264-9642
www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/
If there’s anything you’ve ever wanted
to know about Vancouver’s heritage,
Tuesday - Saturday
10:30 - 5:30
730 Marine Drive
North Vancouver
Sunday
12:00 - 5:00
604-960-0556
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Monday
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Best Place to Remember
THE HISTORY OF Vancouver’s
Black Community
As you’re speeding over the Georgia
Viaduct, you probably aren’t giving
much thought to the history that’s
been paved over there. This area was
once Hogan’s Alley, the vibrant centre of Vancouver’s black community. A diverse group of black, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese residents
frequented the eateries, churches,
and businesses that gave the neighbourhood its colour. Jimi Hendrix’s
grandmother Nora Hendrix worked
at one popular establishment, Vie’s
Chicken Inn. Sadly, Hogan’s Alley
was razed in the early 1970s to make
way for the construction of the viaduct. Only recently have grassroots
organizations like the Hogan’s Alley
Memorial Project begun to work toward bringing this history back into
the public consciousness.
NORTH AMERICA’S BIGGEST
BUDDHA
International Buddhist Temple
9160 Steveston Highway, Richmond
604-274-2822
If you haven’t been to the 26-yearold International Buddhist Temple,
also known as the Guan-Yin Temple, it’s visit-worthy. You’ll find the
10.7-metre-tall Buddha in the Main
Gracious Hall. The world’s longest
Buddhist mural—the Seven Buddha
Mural that took two years to paint—
is here too. The temple’s serene vegetarian restaurant, open at lunch, is
worth a stop in.
Best Evidence of Chinese
Numerology at Work
Imagine this typical Vancouver
scene: a woman gets into an elevator. She pushes her floor number
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best 2 lifestyle
New condo development
Place to get a mortgage
Place to buy a
vacation home
Place to buy RRSPs
1. Millennium Water
Southeast False Creek
2. Woodward’s District
West Hastings and Abbott streets
3. Cosmo (Concord Pacific)
West Georgia and Beatty streets
“Any American state, ha ha.”
1. Whistler
2. Okanagan
3. Sunshine Coast
Florist
check www.atlaspots.com for details
this is the place. The Vancouver
Heritage Foundation, a registered
charity, was formed to aid in conserving the city’s heritage buildings via education, restoration
grants, and by creating awareness.
There’s lots to like here, including
the upcoming “Vancouver Special:
the Tour” on September 26 ($25),
where participants visit five of
these “ranchers turned sideways”
houses. There’s an assortment of
grants available for homes that are
on the Heritage Register for B.C.,
plus lectures and workshops, green
building-rehab and -retrofit info,
a homeowner’s forum, resource
guides to old houses, an inventory
of heritage properties for sale, and
scads more.
1. The Flower Factory
3604 Main Street
2. The Flowerbox
1704 Charles Street
3. Angela & Gabriel’s Flowers (tie)
Various locations
3. Garlands Florist (tie)
2950 West Broadway
Independent mortgage
broker
1. Gina Best, Meridian Pacific
Mortgages
1–155 Water Street
2. Birgit Vaskina, Meridian Pacific
Mortgages
1–155 Water Street
3. Invis (tie)
Various locations
3. Rowan Smith, The Mortgage Centre
(tie)
103–1245 West Broadway
1. Vancity
Various locations
2. TD Canada Trust
Various locations
3. Royal Bank of Canada
Various locations
1. Vancity
Various locations
2. Royal Bank of Canada
Various locations
3. TD Canada Trust
Various locations
Mall
“Hellsgate.”
1. Metropolis at Metrotown
4700 Kingsway, Burnaby
2. Pacific Centre
701 West Georgia Street
3. Oakridge Centre
650 West 41st Avenue
Gardening store
1. Art Knapp Plantland &
Florist
1401 Hornby Street
1300 Dominion Avenue, Port
Coquitlam
2. The Flower Box (tie)
1704 Charles Street
2. GardenWorks (tie)
Various locations
3. Figaro’s Garden
1896 Victoria Drive
The georgia sTraighT
2009 BesT oF
VaNCoUVer WiNNers
28 the georgia straight October 1 – 8 / 2009
0 Tyax Mountain Lake Resort - Reiner Rothe
57 Semperviva - Gloria Latham
112 JACK FM - Kelly Latremouille
1 Aarm Dental Group - Iris Michaan
58 Vancity - Peter Reale
113 Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival - Diana King
2 Deirdre Byrne Vancouver Osteopathy Centre - Deirdre Byrne
59 Endless Biking - Shannon Moldowan
114 Steeps Tea Lounge - Pierre Leouardou
3 Spa Utopia & Salon - Beverly Loewen
60 Endless Biking - Chris Brown
115 Survivor Bootcamp - Andrea Baua
4 Seymour Medical Clinic - Nadia Gri
61 Ming Wo Cookware - Annie Chen
116 Survivor Bootcamp - Fred Masse
5 Seymour Medical Clinic - Margaret Moss
62 Ming Wo Cookware Fontaine Wong
117 Survivor Bootcamp - Seana Wade
6 Spa Utopia - Diane Yarnold
63 Gap Adventures - Lauren Padgett
118 Wickaninnish Inn - Jodi Bartlett
7 Acubalance Wellbess Centre - Ryan Funk
65 Spank Clothing and Shoes - Shannon Handley & Sylvia Lee
119 River Rock Casino Resort - Rick Duff
17 Vancouver Canadians Baseball - Bob Brown Bear
66 Predator Ridge - Scott Masse
120 Burrowing Owl Estate Winery - James Wyse
18 Brian Jessel BMW - John Cheng
67 Millennium Water - Darek Cole
121 Beyond Pilates - Noam Gagnon
19 Brian Jessel BMW - Jim Murray
68 Notary Public - David Watts
122 Trev Deeley Motorcycles - Sherri Werstiuk
20 Harbour Dance Centre - Daniele Clifford
69 Le Petit Spa - Nancy Mudford
123 The Flower Factory - Parimal Rana
21 City of Vancouver - Gregor Robertson
70 West 1st Chiropractic Wellness Center - Shalene Trester
124 Zipcar - Dave Lewin
22 Millennium Water - Linda Chu
71 City of Vancouver - Jamie Hartley
125 Delta Grand Okanagan Resort - Maureen Posch
23 Briers - Ashley Martha-Hollands
72 JJ Bean Coffee Roasters - John Neate
126 Aarm Dental Group - Dr. Jim Armstrong
24 Briers - Clara Moyes
74 Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort - Paulina Alexander
127 Milestone’s Grill & Bar - James MacFarlane
25 Exhale Studio - Rachel Wainwright
75 West 1st Chiropractic Wellness Center - Dr. Randall Trester
128 Milestone’s Grill & Bar - Andrea MacFarlane
26 Granville Island Brewing - Walter Cosman
76 Briers - Karen Fung
129 Womyns’ Ware - Andrea Dobbs
27 Granvile Island Brewing - Doug Devlin
77 Zipcar - John MacSween
130 Womyns’ Ware - Otter Louis
28 Zulu Records - Grant McDonagh
78 Pure Nail bar - Bruce Jung
131 Womyns’ Ware - Janna Sylvest
29 Cambie Pub, The - Jill Blackett
79 musica intima - Peter Alexander
132 Integrative Healing Arts - James Davis
30 Blue Olive Photgraphy - Reilly Lievers
80 Briers Home Décor Inc. - David Issar.
133 Integrative Healing Arts - Suzan Austin
31 Blue Olive Photgraphy - Miranda Levers
81 Briers Home Decor - Cherie Schuman
134 Skoah - Martine Yen
32 Granville Island Public Market - Lisa Ono
82 Vancity - Lily Wong
135 Running Room - Neil Wakelin
33 Coastal Jazz - Gwen Murray
83 Bard On The Beach - Cynnamon Schreinert
136 Acubalance Wellbess Centre - Spence Pentland
35 Performance Posture - Rob Williams
84 Coastal Jazz - Kira Orr
36 Mixx Fitness Personal Training Studio - Lorna Stewart
85 Musica Intima - Carman J. Price
137 Dream Apparel and Articles for People - Wendy de Kruyff
37 Delta Grand Okanagan Resort - Kasey Nishimura
86 Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts - Tim Ellison
138 Vancouver Canadians Baseball - Anderw Seymour
38 Yyoga - Jennifer DeLucry
87 TRG Realty - Jacob Krause
139 Opus Framing & Art Supplies - Heidi Benefiel
39 Yyoga - Lara Kozan
88 Beyond Pilates - Erin Murphy
140 Opus Framing & Art Supplies - Brian White
40 Sports Junkies - Sean Harris
90 Flight Centre - Eric Sakawsty
141 Miss604.com - Rebecca Bollwitt
41 Flight Centre - Dennis Sepulveda
92 Urban Wasp - Robert Hillman
142 Suki’s - Rickie-Lee Soneff
42 Festival Cinemas - Leonard Schein
93 Auto Repairs R “Wee” - Wee Wong
143 Gap Adventures - Cynthia Connell
43 Commodore Ballroom / Live Nation - Sandra Merz
94 JJ Bean Coffee Roasters - Murray Inkster
144 Capers Whole Foods Market - Vanessa Pratt
44 Arts Club Theatre Company - Mike Mackenzie
95 JJ Bean Coffee Roasters - Joanne Chan
145 Capers Whole Foods Market - Tereza Anderson
45 Molly Maid - Mef Roberts
96 JJ Bean Coffee Roasters - Grady Buhler
146 Capers Whole Foods Market - Christine Robertson
46 Cliffhanger - Colby Appleby
97 JJ Bean Coffee Roasters - Neto Franas
147 Roxy Nightclub, The - Roxanne Ickpingill
47 Cliffhanger - Kelly Haddon
98 Skoah - Lisa Yeung
148 Doolins Irish Pub - Alison Hatton
48 Duthie Books - Cathy Legate
99 Aarm Dental Group - Kim Lacusta
149 HMV - Joumana Kandaji
49 Urban Wasp - Kyle Isbelle
100 Aarm Dental Group - Seiko Lee
50 Sweat Co. Workout Studios - Maureen Wilson
101 Aarm Dental Group - Dr. Michael Flunkert
51 Skinworks - Dr. Frances Jang
102 Deirdre Byrne Vancouver Osteopathy Centre - Caryn Seniscal
52 Running Room - Lori Paton
106 lululemon athletica - Lindsay Claydon
53 Cinemark Tinseltown - Todd James
107 lululemon athletica - Nathalie Balfour
54 Finlandia Natural Pharmacy & Health Care - Faustine DesRosiers
108 Vancouver Folk Music Festival - Linda Tanaka
55 Finlandia Natural Pharmacy & Health Care - Markus Guggenberger
110 CBC Radio 3 - Chris Kelly
56 Finlandia Natural Pharmacy & Health Care - Harlan Lahti
111 TRG Realty - Mike Rampf
- Baby Salix Olsson-Pentland
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