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  1. #PlaceDetective🔎: Drive too fast between the Fraser Valley communities of Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs, and you might miss it: a small sign secured to an antique pillar, beckoning visitors into more than a century of history.

    Grace Kennedy writes.

    thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/04/17/

  2. #PlaceDetective🔎: Today, the “39 Steps” staircase looks a little worse for wear, with some paving stones missing and cracked, although their mossiness makes the stairs feel mysterious and perhaps slightly haunted.

    thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/03/24/

  3. #PlaceDetective🔎: As the Downtown Eastside lost its attraction as a shopping destination and became the city’s poorest neighbourhood, this building took on a different significance — home to protest as activists fought against drug prohibition. 🍃

    thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/01/17/

  4. Since we started publishing our #PlaceDetective🔎 series nearly two years ago, the series has become very popular, thanks to you.

    Where should we aim our magnifying glass next?

    thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/01/03/

  5. The case of the “urban wilderness” that was Vancouver’s town dump. 🐀🌳

    You can still find evidence of Everett Crowley Park’s past life — if you look closely enough.

    @olapalooza reports our newest #PlaceDetective🔍.

    thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/09/

  6. #PlaceDetective🔎: In downtown Vancouver, the Del Mar Hotel still bears the marks of an epic fight against gentrification.

    The case of the building that couldn’t be bought. @jenstden reports.

    thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/09/

  7. Uncovering the bitter history of Vancouver’s sugar refinery: This 134-year-old waterfront factory, still in use, has a dark past.

    Our latest #PlaceDetective. 🔎🍬

    thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/16/

  8. #PlaceDetective🔍: It’s witnessed unions deliberating, Grateful Dead performances, even raves.

    To Vancouver’s labour movement, the Maritime Labour Centre and its trove of treasures represent a disappearing part of their history.

    Zak Vescera reports.

    thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/19/