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The Vancouver Rowing Club was formed in 1899, and has occupied its current spot in Stanley Park since 1905. The present building was constructed at a cost of $15,000 in 1911. At the 1954 British Empire Games the Canadian eight defeated the Thames Rowing Club to win the gold medal, a first for Canada in international competition. The building was granted heritage status in 1990. (1920 Stuart Thompson photo from the Vancouver City Archives).

Sidney Roofing Company paid for this 1948 photograph to be taken of this Kitsilano co-op. (1948 Don Coltman photo from Vancouver city Archives). 

This 1929 Tudor Revival home has seen its share of ups and downs. Designed for prominent doctor C.T. McHattie by architects Townsley and Matheson, it went through a number of owners, including a Japanese monk who never lived in it. Fortunately, the home has been recently restored and renovated. (1931 Dominion photo from Vancouver City Archives). 

This well-maintained Shaughnessy home once belonged to G.W. Norgan, one of Canada's wealthiest men, who owned several hotels, breweries and distilleries. Among his holdings were Harrison Hot Springs Hotel and Lucky Lager.  His wife, Kay Meeks, has an Arts Centre in West Vancouver named after her. 

This photograph taken around 1910 shows a group of workers in front of an apartment building, which still stands today. (1910 photograph from Vancouver City Archives).

The lions were created by sculptor John Bruce in 1910. However, the City ran out of money to pay him so some of the details were left unfinished. In 1942, someone blew up the west lion (pictured), and you can still see cracks where the repairs were made. The 1911 photo shows the lion being moved into place just after the Court House was built. (1911 photo from Vancouver City Archives.)

Taken a mere 5 weeks after Vancouver's great fire, this 1886 photo shows how quickly the town was rebuilt, with the help of a virtually unlimited supply of lumber. (1886 Major Matthews photo from Vancouver City Archives).

This is what the centre of town looked like just 4 weeks after the fire that destroyed the newly incorporated City of Vancouver. (1886 Major Matthews photo from City of Vancouver Archives).

Cambie and Twelfth was the fourth location for Vancouver's City Hall. It's remote distance from the city centre served to strengthen the ties with the newly amalgamated towns of South Vancouver and Point Grey.  The Art Deco/ Moderne building was designed by Townley and Matheson, and was completed in 1936, during the height of the Great Depression. (1937 Major Matthews photo from Vancouver City Archives.)

Built in 1915 at a cost of $65,000, the Murray stood empty during the war years, after which it was used as a barracks by the RCMP for a while, with the main floor serving as stables.  The Richardsonian Romanesque building has heritage "B" status in Vancouver, and has been providing low cost housing for many years. In 2017 it received a facelift, courtesy of the developers who built the highrise next door.  (1925 photo from City of Vancouver Archives).