Comments on: Vancouver History: City Reflections, the Streetcar Ride of 1907 http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-city-reflections-the-streetcar-ride-of-1907.html Vancouver Blog Miss604 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: City of Vancouver Heritage Awards » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-city-reflections-the-streetcar-ride-of-1907.html#comment-6948 City of Vancouver Heritage Awards » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:32:27 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1876#comment-6948 [...] for Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs, and the City Reflections: 1907 – Vancouver – 2007 DVD by the Vancouver Historical Society was also [...] [...] for Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs, and the City Reflections: 1907 – Vancouver – 2007 DVD by the Vancouver Historical Society was also [...]

]]> By: CBC’s On the Coast Liveblog from O’Douls » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-city-reflections-the-streetcar-ride-of-1907.html#comment-6947 CBC’s On the Coast Liveblog from O’Douls » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:25:48 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1876#comment-6947 [...] on again sharing some comments from the liveblog and Twitter. I also got the chance to talk about City Reflections, which you can purchase online or at several locations throughout the city. Tweet This Digg it [...] [...] on again sharing some comments from the liveblog and Twitter. I also got the chance to talk about City Reflections, which you can purchase online or at several locations throughout the city. Tweet This Digg it [...]

]]> By: Vancouver History: City Reflections Screening » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-city-reflections-the-streetcar-ride-of-1907.html#comment-6946 Vancouver History: City Reflections Screening » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:24:29 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1876#comment-6946 [...] “The film is the earliest footage of Vancouver and was shot with a hand-crank camera mounted on the front of a B.C. Electric Railway streetcar by William Harbeck of Seattle.” [Miss604] [...] [...] “The film is the earliest footage of Vancouver and was shot with a hand-crank camera mounted on the front of a B.C. Electric Railway streetcar by William Harbeck of Seattle.” [Miss604] [...]

]]> By: Gary http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-city-reflections-the-streetcar-ride-of-1907.html#comment-6945 Gary Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:35:48 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1876#comment-6945 I also grew up riding the Brill buses. I have the front destination sign that was rescued from a scrapyard that is still awaiting mounting in a suitable place. I recall there were some Brills with a completely green interior and as a kid they difference made them my favourite buses. The Brill buses were pretty rickety by the late 70's, going down the hill on Dunbar from 27th or so all the way to 41st was a clattering experience. Remember the gate to open the back doors? Or the seats that had some form of tool kit built underneath? I also grew up riding the Brill buses. I have the front destination sign that was rescued from a scrapyard that is still awaiting mounting in a suitable place. I recall there were some Brills with a completely green interior and as a kid they difference made them my favourite buses. The Brill buses were pretty rickety by the late 70′s, going down the hill on Dunbar from 27th or so all the way to 41st was a clattering experience. Remember the gate to open the back doors? Or the seats that had some form of tool kit built underneath?

]]> By: Derek K. Miller http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-city-reflections-the-streetcar-ride-of-1907.html#comment-6944 Derek K. Miller Wed, 21 May 2008 23:52:46 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1876#comment-6944 Seattle also has trolleys, it's worth noting. People from cities that lack them find them very cool when they visit. But I am officially rather old now. The electric Flyer buses, introduced in the '80s, still feel like the "new" trolleys to me. I grew up with, and went to high school on, the original losengey white Brill trolley buses as in DaveO's photo above. Those of you who rode them will remember the manual-roll route signs and round interior lights that would dim or flash off and on when the trolley arms bumped across joints in the wires. Seattle also has trolleys, it’s worth noting. People from cities that lack them find them very cool when they visit.

But I am officially rather old now. The electric Flyer buses, introduced in the ’80s, still feel like the “new” trolleys to me. I grew up with, and went to high school on, the original losengey white Brill trolley buses as in DaveO’s photo above. Those of you who rode them will remember the manual-roll route signs and round interior lights that would dim or flash off and on when the trolley arms bumped across joints in the wires.

]]> By: Stephen Rees http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-city-reflections-the-streetcar-ride-of-1907.html#comment-6943 Stephen Rees Tue, 20 May 2008 15:44:43 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1876#comment-6943 Vancouver is one of a handful of cities that held on to trolleybuses - most got rid of them in the great wave of automobility of the fifties and sixties in the name of "greater flexibility". The decision to retain electric vehicles is now seen to be far sighted as diesel costs can only rise. Edmonton is the only other Canadian city with electric trolley buses, Toronto the last hold out of the streetcar. But both are making a comeback around the world as peak oil hits. Vancouver is one of a handful of cities that held on to trolleybuses – most got rid of them in the great wave of automobility of the fifties and sixties in the name of “greater flexibility”. The decision to retain electric vehicles is now seen to be far sighted as diesel costs can only rise. Edmonton is the only other Canadian city with electric trolley buses, Toronto the last hold out of the streetcar. But both are making a comeback around the world as peak oil hits.

]]> By: Raul http://www.miss604.com/2008/05/vancouver-history-city-reflections-the-streetcar-ride-of-1907.html#comment-6942 Raul Tue, 20 May 2008 14:41:07 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=1876#comment-6942 Thanks for this entry, Rebecca! The first field trip I ever went to when I did my MBA was precisely to Purdy's Chocolate Factory. It didn't even occur to me to ask what the history behind it was. One interesting tidbit (not surprising given my research interests) is that Purdy's factory still continues to exist in a very, very urban area of Vancouver, and I have never seen any problems of Not-In-My-BackYard-ism (when the local community complains about the existence of an industrial factory in the vicinity of their land). Maybe it is because we all are addicted to such fine chocolate! :) Thanks for this entry, Rebecca! The first field trip I ever went to when I did my MBA was precisely to Purdy’s Chocolate Factory. It didn’t even occur to me to ask what the history behind it was.

One interesting tidbit (not surprising given my research interests) is that Purdy’s factory still continues to exist in a very, very urban area of Vancouver, and I have never seen any problems of Not-In-My-BackYard-ism (when the local community complains about the existence of an industrial factory in the vicinity of their land). Maybe it is because we all are addicted to such fine chocolate! :)

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