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As metropolitan centers experience unpresendented growth, the changes in skylines can be dramatic. Postcards capture what a city offers, what is important and a glimpse into the lives of those that have visited.

Vancouver's Seawall 1950's

The seawall still is a jewel of what the city has to offer. The back drop is changing as the city develops further up the north shore mountains.


Vancouver has changed from a colonial outpost to a metroploitan center where corporate logos dominate the city's cutural identity.

Hastings & Granville 1920

Birks Jewellers has occupied this corner for most of the past century. Although a bank called this corner home for several years, Birks continues to be a anchor to Vancouvers historic past.

• Vancouver Quebec Street 1909
• Stanley Park Pavilion & Lily Pond 1920's
• Lionsgate Bridge 1950's
• Grouse Mountain 1920's
• Vancouver's Seawall 1940's