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The following article was contributed by Tourism Vancouver Media Relations staffer Sonu Purhar
Despite having lived all 27 years of my life in Vancouver, I still stumble across under-the-radar experiences that most visitors wouldn’t even know to check out for themselves. My ideal 24 hours in the city would combine visiting some of these lesser known hotspots with revisiting – yet again – my all-time favourites. The whirlwind tour starts here:
Chinese warriors are invading Vancouver.
An army of 33, life-sized terracotta warriors – modeled after the world-famous originals discovered in China in 1974 – will be occupying metro Vancouver in the months ahead.
The sculptures will be positioned on strategic street corners and parks in Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby. Check out the map below (You might remember similar campaigns recently involving fibreglass eagles, bears and killer whales on city streets).
Each statue has been painted with an original – and often eye-popping – design by a different artist. Warriors have been dressed up in brilliant reds and blues, emblazoned with images of endangered wildlife and decorated like enormous Chinese vases. Each design tells a different story about Chinese history and life.
This fall, the whole army will be auctioned off, with proceeds going to the BC Lions Society Easter Seal Houses and Easter Seal Camps for children with disabilities. But what’s the story behind the original terracotta warriors? Continue reading:
Street Art: Terracotta Soldiers Coming to Vancouver
Pacific Palisades construction in 1966. Photo credit: Vancouver Public Library
Where did Johnny Depp, Sharon Stone, Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope and even the mustachioed Tom Selleck all hang out while in Vancouver?
Stumped?
If Vancouver is North Hollywood, then the city’s version of The Roxy during the 1970s and the 1980s was the Pacific Palisades hotel bar in the West End. While many Vancouver landmarks come and go, the modernist Pacific Palisades buildings – two towers between Robson and Alberni on Jervis – will relaunch as rental suites with an open house May 5.
More scoop on the history of Vancouver’s celeb hang out after the jump. Continue reading:
Retro celeb hotspot to reopen as West End rental suites
Photo credit: Paul Robert Lloyd | Flickr
Good news for public art fans in Vancouver: A-maze-ing Laughter is staying in English Bay.
You may not know this sculpture by name, but chances are you’ve seen it. A-maze-ing Laughter consists of 14 enormous bronze statues – in all different poses – of a shirtless guy laughing hysterically.
First installed in 2009 as part of the Vancouver Biennale, A-maze-ing Laughter has quickly become the city’s most recognizable piece of outdoor art. Kids climb all over the giant, three-metre-tall statues and swing from the arms. Tourists stream in to mimic the funny poses and take snapshots. One couple was even married right in the middle of it all.
But great art, of course, doesn’t come cheap. Continue reading:
Public Art: Giant Laughing Statues to stay in English Bay
JELLY ROLL MORTON was a musical pioneer of early “jazz” back in the early part of the 1900′s. He once played piano in the bar of the PATRICIA Hotel on Hastings Street.
Some great old Vancouver photos in this video by YouTube user JamesDanderfer.
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