Singing on the Sidewalk

Not a manhole cover, although it's about the same size as the ones I've photographed before. This is a decorative metal plate embedded in the sidewalk at the corner of Bute Street and Pender Street downtown. Identical metal plates repeat at seemingly random intervals up Bute St on both sides to Alberni Street. I've no idea why they're there, or if their positioning is random or has a pattern, or what, if anything, they signify. But they're pretty!

Post title from this song by Jeremy Fisher.

Mushroom Therapy

Yesterday I stumbled across this charming set of tile mosaic mushrooms at the corner of Bute Street and Barclay Street in the West End neighbourhood. Titled "The Four Elements", the name of the piece and the artist's web address was worked into a corner of the concrete. Like so many things on this blog, I had no idea it was there until I was cycling past on my daily ride to find photos to post, despite the fact that it's in my own neighbourhood.


Post title from this song by Mark Otten.

Skin of Time

Another Vancouver Biennale piece, this one's a sculpture by Choi Tae Hoon of Korea called Skin of Time. It's nestled into a little green space that's part of Harbour Green park, but above the seawall at street level and closer to the downtown core at the foot of Bute Street. I haven't photographed it before because it apparently includes an LED display after dark, and I wanted to see that. This morning as I cycled past, I liked the way the mid-morning sun was hitting it and decided to duck under the barricade, crouch down in the grass and point my lens up at it. It reminds me a little of this photo.