Authors:Michelin Travel Publications, Brigitta L. House, All
Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications
Keywords: michelin, vancouver, sees
Number of Pages: 126
Published: 2004-04
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 2067107127
ISBN-13: 9782067107120

Look inside to see at a glance Vancouver’s liveliest neighbourhoods, its best parks and museums—and of course, where to eat, stay, shop and take the kids. Hit the highlights if you only have a day in Vancouver: Morning Explore Stanley Park***Take the kids to the Vancouver Aquarium** Afternoon Try a dim sum lunch in Chinatown**Visit the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology*** Evening Dinner in Yaletown* Check out the Yaletown* nightlife … and if you have a second day: Morning Visit the Vancouver Art Gallery**Take in the view*** from The Lookout! a

Author: Donald Gutstein
Publisher: Lorimer
Keywords: ltd, vancouver
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1975-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0888620810
ISBN-13: 9780888620811

Who owns Vancouver? Who runs the city? How do developers, the corporate businessmen, the lawyers and the politicians relate to each other?This book carefully describes the power structure that made most of the decisions about what happened in Vancouver in the 1960s and early 1970s. Donald Gutstein reveals the tangled web of corporate ownership and influence, family relationships and social contacts that held the Vancouver business establishment together.First published in 1975, Vancouver Ltd. offers an in-depth look at the politics and economics of development in Canada’s third-largest c

Author: John Lee
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Keywords: encounter, vancouver
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2009-11-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1741790522
ISBN-13: 9781741790528

What Will Your Vancouver Encounter Be?Rubbing elbows with Olympiads in Robson Square or takin gin the Olympic sitesGawking at breathtaking mountain-backed waterfront vistas from Stanley ParkWandering through a kaleidoscope of brightly colored street art in downtownKayaking beneath a full moon and the twinkling lights of the citySampling heirloom tomatoes, duck prosciutto and organic tea at the Public MarketDancing the night away with the beautiful people in GastownDiscover Twice the City in Half the TimeFull-color pull-out map and detailed neighborhood maps for easy navigationOur resident auth

Author: E. Pauline Johnson
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Keywords: vancouver, legends
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2004-04-30
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1417904097
ISBN-13: 9781417904099

1922. With decorations by J.E.H. MacDonald. From the Author’s (E. Pauline Johnson [Tekahionwake]) Foreword: These legends (with two or three exceptions) were told to me personally by my honored friend, the late Chief Joe Capilano, of Vancouver, whom I had the privilege of first meeting in London in 1906, when he visited England and was received at Buckingham Palace by their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. To the fact that I was able to greet Chief Capilano in the Chinook tongue, while we were both many thousands of miles from home, I owe the friendship and the confidence w

Author: John Lee
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Keywords: guide, city, vancouver
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 1740598369
ISBN-13: 9781740598361

Discover VancouverGo out on a limb and step onto the world’s longest, highest suspension bridgeMingle with myriad local artists as you make your way around the studios of Granville and Salt Spring IslandsClaim a spot on a Commercial Drive patio and introduce your tastebuds to some standout BC beersGlide through reflections of mountains and glass towers on a sunset kayak tour of English BayIn This Guide:One resident author, 500 hours of research, 31 detailed maps, 39 bars tested and reviewedSpecial Green Vancouver chapter to help you plan an eco-friendly visit to the cityThe inside work o

Author: Jdp Econ
Publisher: JDP ECON Publications
Keywords: choice, spectacular, games, vancouver
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-09-10
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0974533807
ISBN-13: 9780974533803

Author: Karen Love
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Keywords: vancouver, portraits, history, facing
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2002-12
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 155152127X
ISBN-13: 9781551521275

Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver examines the inhabitants of a city through the camera-art of its greatest artists. Featuring a wide range of material, from historical images to documentary depictions to contemporary visual artists’ work, the book provides an intimate glimpse into Vancouver’s sense of itself, and how representations of the face and the body can stand for cultural identity. Touching—with both celebration and caution—on the complex, very mobile social realities of urban living, Facing History presents portraits from Vancouver in a manner which fo