Time Travel

Walking along the seawall near the Cambie Bridge recently, I stumbled across this bit of public art I'd never taken notice of before, despite the fact that it's been there for four years. It's called "Time Top" by Jerry Pethick. It's comprised of this vaguely spaceship-looking piece, combined with a 1930s comic-book strip by William Ritt (who at this time has no wikipedia page in English, but oddly, does in French) and Clarence Gray, carved right into the granite stone of the seawall's edge. A mad scientist type has invented a machine, the Time Top, designed to travel through time and space. Apparently, it's washed up here on the bank of False Creek.

Post title from this song by Behrouz.

Market Fresh

In the past I've posted here a couple of shots from land-based vantage points that included the small ferry boats run by False Creek Ferries and Aquabus that transport people to and from Granville Island and other points around False Creek. Today, on a stellar sunny winter day, as I was touring around with some friends from out of town, I finally got a chance to take a picture from one of them. From the water, then, a shot of the Granville Island Public Market as we approached by boat.

Post title from this song by Broken Social Scene.

Brush With Life

This interesting piece of public art is located off the seawall near David Lam Park, not far from this photo. The floats at water level cause the angle of the top part to change with the tides, as well as rotate back and forth with winds, currents, and boat wakes. Sensors on the piece transmit information to www.brushdelux.com. It's called Brush With Illumination, and is by Buster Simpson.

A couple of boats from the small ferries that serve False Creek can be seen in the background.

Post title from this song by Litterbug.

This is one of two posts I'll be publishing today, in order to catch up from the several days I missed.

Expo '86

A shot looking east from the middle of Cambie Bridge. In the foreground are some remnants of False Creek's industrial past. Mid-ground is the new Millenium Water and Hinge Park, which served as the Athlete's Village during the 2010 Winter Olympics, and in the background is the round buckyball of Science World, originally built to house the Expo Centre at Expo '86.

Post title from this song by Death Cab for Cutie.

Island in the Sun

This picture is essentially the reverse angle of this shot, (although taken a couple of weeks apart) complete with a False Creek Ferries boat making its way across False Creek. I stopped mid-span on the eastbound bicycle lane of the Burrard Street Bridge and pointed my lens at Granville Island, the Granville Street Bridge, and in the background the neighbourhood of False Creek South.


Post title from this Weezer song.