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  1. I shot this in 1999 w/a #DisposableCamera 📷

    #BalmoralHotel on #EastHastings close to Gastown, opened in 1912 as a #HighClass #hotel for wealthy travellers. Chicago style elements of the hotel w/grid façade & massive overhang, were common on buildings built in the early #1900s in #Vancouver . #Neon sign on building was designed in 1940 by #NeonProducts, local company; in 1950s it was one of the biggest neon sign producers in the world.

    historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/p

    #DTES #gentrification #BChistory