Eve Lazarus's Blog: Every Place has a Story, page 27
March 27, 2020
The Tomahawk Restaurant
I normally work out of my home, but at the moment I don’t have a lot of it (work that is) so I’ve been clearing out 30 years of old files. Today, I came across this menu from North Vancouver’s Tomahawk Restaurant.
Back in 2000, I was commissioned to write Frommers with Kids Vancouver.
March 20, 2020
Meet Vancouver’s Newest Street Photographers
When I think of street photographers, the first names that usually spring to mind are Fred Herzog, Foncie Pullice, Greg Girard, Michael de Courcy, Curt Lang and Bruce Stewart. But there were so many other great photographers shooting Vancouver in the 1950s to 1980s—names like Paul Wong, Tony Westman, Angus McIntyre and Svend-Erik Eriksen (Where were the women?)
These days everybody has a cell phone, and while you might think that makes street photographers irrelevant, there’s a group called Vancouver Street Photography Collective that are doing some really interesting things.
Meet Vancouver’s newest Street Photographers
When I think of street photographers, the first names that usually spring to mind are Fred Herzog, Foncie Pullice, Greg Girard, Michael de Courcy, Curt Lang and Bruce Stewart. But there were so many other great photographers shooting Vancouver in the 1950s to 1980s—names like Paul Wong, Tony Westman, Angus McIntyre and Svend-Erik Eriksen (Where were the women?)
These days everybody has a cell phone, and while you might think that makes street photographers irrelevant, there’s a group called Vancouver Street Photography Collective that are doing some really interesting things.
March 13, 2020
Vancouver After Dark: Richards on Richards
Aaron Chapman’s latest book Vancouver After Dark: The Wild History of a City’s Nightlife is a delightful romp through the ghosts of nightclubs past. Aaron’s behind-the-scenes stories are told in such a way, it’s like sitting down and having a beer with him. There are too many clubs to list here—everything from Chinatown’s Marco Polo to Oil Can Harry’s, The Smilin’ Buddha, to the Cave.
March 7, 2020
Jack Cash, Photographer
I first heard about Jack Cash when I was researching his mother Gwen Cash, who when she went to work for Walter Nichol at the Vancouver Daily Province in 1917, became one of the first female news reporter in the country. With the formidable Gwen as his mother, it’s not surprising that Jack also went into the newspaper business.
February 22, 2020
Thornton Tunnel
I’ve had a fascination with the Thornton Tunnel for some time now—ever since I first read about it on the Nostalgic/Sentimental Vancouver Pictures site (thank you Michael Arnold and Allen Doolan). I finally had the chance to explore it and take some photos.
The Thornton Tunnel took CN two years to build (1967-1969) and is 3.4 kms long.
February 8, 2020
Documenting Local History
It wasn’t easy getting a seat at the West Vancouver Library last Wednesday night. The West Van Historical Society presented Local Voices: Shooting the North Shore with Ralph Bower, retired Vancouver Sun photographer and Mike Wakefield, who also recently retired from a 35-year photography career with the North Shore News.
The place was packed.
January 25, 2020
West Coast Modern: Selling Architecture as Art
For the last year or so I’ve been receiving emails from a realtor named Trent Rodney at West Coast Modern. They come with an invitation to drop by one of the dwindling stock of West Coast Modern houses on the North Shore, sip a cocktail, eat catered food and listen to jazz.
January 10, 2020
The Flying Seven and the Cambie Street Rocket Ship
This is one of my favourite photos. It ran with a story in Sensational Vancouver and shows six members of the Flying Seven posed in front of the rocket ship at Vancouver International Airport. The Flying Seven were Vancouver’s all-female aviators’ club. Tosca Trasolini—second from the right—was the youngest member at just 29 in this 1940 photo.
December 29, 2019
Top 10 Vancouver History Blogs of 2019
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve done a roundup of my favourite history blogs. To make the list, the blog had to be written by an individual, come out fairly regularly and have a strong Vancouver flavour.
In alphabetical order:
1. Changing Vancouver
John Atkin and Andy Coupland started the blog just after their book of the same name was published in 2010.
