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The Quadra Club was a gentlemen's club in Vancouver, British Columbia that existed from 1922 to 1940. Named after Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, the club was an important social institution in Vancouver during the 1920s and 1930s and counted many of the city's élite among its members.
The Cupcake Girls is a Canadian reality television series, which premiered on W Network in 2010. [1] The series centres on Heather White and Lori Joyce, two women who are partners in a cupcake business in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Hotel Vancouver (1st) 1888 [62] Vancouver: BC: N/A: Hotel Vancouver: 1915 demolished after main section of new hotel completed. [63] Banff Springs Hotel: 1888 (1st) 1914 (extn) 1928 (extn) Banff: AB: N/A: Banff Springs Hotel: The Fairmont Banff Springs [64] 1926 fire destroyed wooden 1888 building, leaving only 1914 concrete wing. [65] The ...
Cassiope mertensiana known by common name white mountain heather; White forms of Calluna vulgaris; The White Heather, a 1919 film, based on a play of the same name; The White Heather, an 1897 play; A blended whisky by Chivas Brothers containing malt whisky from Glenallachie distillery; The White Heather Club, a Scottish TV programme
The Sylvia Hotel is a historic Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada landmark. Located at 1154 Gilford Street on English Bay near Stanley Park. Constructed in 1912, the Sylvia was designed as an apartment building by Mr. W.P. White, a Seattle architect. It was built by Booker, Campbell and Whipple Construction Company for a Mr. Goldstein, who had ...
Today, Vancouver's art-deco Marine Building marks the site of the Greenhorns’ log cabin. [9] At 22 stories and a height of 341 feet, the building overlooks the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The West End of Vancouver neighbours Stanley Park and the areas of Yaletown, Coal Harbour and the downtown financial and central business ...
This is the fourth Fairmont Hotel in the Vancouver Metropolitan Area. The hotel occupies the first 22 floors of the 44 storey building, with the remaining floors being condominiums. [5] There are a total of 175 residential condominium units beginning from the 23rd floor. The entrance for the residential units is located at 1011 Cordova Street W ...
Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, [1] is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to 20 to 50 centimetres (8 to 20 in) tall, or rarely to 1 metre (40 in) and taller, [2] and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade.