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8 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The Desrosiers Block is located on East Hastings Street on the southern fringe of Vancouver's historic Gastown district. It is a two-storey commercial building with Edwardian archtiectural elements.
Heritage Value:
The heritage value of the Desrosiers Block lies in the historic relationship between this area and the economy of early Vancouver. When Vancouver became the entrepot between the Canadian Pacific Railway and trans-Pacific shipping in 1887, Gastown was its hub. At the turn of the twentieth century, this area of town was developed as a shopping area, as commercial activity spread outward from its early roots in Gastown. The Desrosiers Building is associated with Gastown's history as a mixed-use district.
Michael Desrosiers, a plumber who also operated a retail stove outlet, worked with contractor P. J. Donahue in 1901 to construct this building. Although its larger neighbours on each side emphasize the modest scale of the building, its solid massing and stone detailing give the site substance and significance. This building provides a contrast in scale, massing, detailing and use, demonstrating the variety of architectural styles and functions established along Hastings Street. By 1908 the tenants included two liquor stores and a barber, catering to a largely male clientele. In 1913 a restaurant was opened in the Desrosiers Block. The retail use continues today.
Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program
Character-Defining Elements:
The character-defining elements of the Desrosiers Block include:
- the physical and stylistic relationship between this building and its higher neighbours within the Gastown historic district
- form, scale and massing
- its siting on the property line, with no setbacks
- Edwardian architectural elements, such as moulded sheet metal parapet, projecting pediment inscribed "Desrosiers Block" supported by circular columns on each side, stone decorated brackets supporting cornice with dentils, medallions at top of three stone pilasters between windows, pattern of fenestration (four large double-hung one-over-one sash windows set in stone surrounds), rusticated stone string courses above ground floor level, and horizontal stepped string course above windows
- continued retail use of ground floor
(annnnnnd.... they shrunk the photo to 1024px on the long side. If I ever get flickr Pro, you'll probably see the larger version!)
The site of the former market cum hawker centre, the bustling centre of the estate. The building itself has been demolished to make way for a big green patch of grass.
COLOR BLOCK
Ph. Julian Lorenzon.
Produccion: Gabriela Torres.
Make Up: Rocio Vila.
Modelo: Mailen para SwapModels.
Taken at the Portsmouth Roller Wenches bout at Horizon Leisure Centre. Two bouts between the Portsmouth A Team against the Bristol Harbour Harlots and the Portsmouth B Team against the Bath Roller Derby Girls.
Great wins by both Portsmouth teams.
I was lucky enough to be next to a team member (not playing) who was able to fill me in with some of the finer points of play so thanks to Admiral, hope your stats looked good :-)
Taken at Chipping Campden School at around 3pm with a Sony A100 and Sigma 10-20mm at 10mm and F16. A five set HDR (1EV steps) merged in Artizen 2.5.21 and tone mapped with Lock05. No other post processing was done (other than to remove a dust smudge). This is a relatively new block for the kids that replaced some awful wooden huts.
I happened to be walking down 15th St to get some pictures of the snow in Washington, when a motorcade left the White House. Unfortunately, the camera I was using is lousy for capturing this kind of fast moving action.
In Brooklyn, South of Atlantic Avenue, vehicles use either the shoulder of the road or the bicycle lane to pass other vehicles. They create a passing on the right lane and zoom around traffic when the light turns green.
This block for Tonie was so much fun to make. She chose the "Spool Block" designed by Krista Fleckenstein from the book Modern Blocks. The pattern calls for a single cut of 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" of fabric for the "thread," but Tonie put her own spin on it and asked us to substitute six 1 1/2" strips.
Specifically designed for use over underfloor heating the Cathedral 300 x 140 Block is a new size for a modern outlook . This floor had been finished with Bona Traffic Lacquer.
Winchester hardwood Flooring Ltd.
These blocks are "vintage", as they date back to my childhood in the 1950's. My Dad made them for my brothers and me out of scrap 2 by 4's. This is about all that's left of them. As you can see, they have been much played with!
ODC 281 Back to Basics
Sorry Eva, ran out of fabric on the 2nd one! Jxo
Blogged: judith-justjude.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/sunday-squared.html
first pass with an awl on this linoleum block. this is my first block print, and so far it looks super rad.
the hand bones pop really well in the test prints, so i'm pretty stoked.
Plaid Block and Strip Border Block for Leah
Red & Aqua 2 Bee
August 2010
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This is the current state of my x and + blocks. I'm a little behind (trying to finish a twin size top by march!) but i really like the random colors that are showing up. I had myself a little scrap cutting party today, so more blocks are coming soon! The whole top will be 8 rows of 12 blocks, unless I quit early :)
Another fun block, this one by Krista. Again a challenge, but I think it looks like The Sound of Music meets Alice at the Tea Party... Thanks Krista! :)
The entire kitchen block is to be removed, only the 12v fridge is going to be reused. During the removal I discovered lots of faulty electrical connections, mains and 12v and very dangerous gas pipework.