Robert is the expert guide to Gastown for Frugalbits today. His recommendations, if you are planning a visit, include design store Haven, the artist-run Gallery Gachet, and the Potluck café on Hastings. Visit Frugalbits to read the entire article.
Gastown continues to be a favourite destination for Vancouver’s most creative and enterprising citizens, foodies being no exception. The next major opening will be Peckinpah at 2 Water Street, which is now heavily in renovation mode. Peckinpah is a project from restauranteur Tyson Reimer and designer Ryan Murfitt, who are hoping to open their doors to the public in October. Scout Magazine has further details, and photos.
New restaurant L’Abattoir had its grand opening party this week, which means the public opening is imminent. The newly renovated space at 217 Carrall, which seats 80, is co-owned by chef Lee Cooper and Paul Grunberg, both familiar names to the Vancouver food scene. Congratulations to both! For updated information on opening day, visit labattoir.ca.
Vancouver’s Illuminares festival will be held in Gastown for the first time this year. Activities for all ages, performances by musicians, storytellers and dancers and, of course, an incredible array of lanterns, make this event one of the most popular in the city, year after year.
More information is available at the event website. A vast array of photos from previous years is on Flickr.
The Vancouver Art Gallery is looking for feedback from Vancouverites on a proposal to move the gallery from its current home, the old courthouse at Robson Square, to a new Crosstown home facing the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
The first event will happen tomorrow, July 7th, downtown at the Robson Square Theatre from 6 to 9pm, with a panel discussion at 7pm hosted by Michael Goldberg, professor emeritus with UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
More information at The Georgia Straight.
An excerpt from A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Vancouver is featured today at the Tyee. Adele Weder addresses Vancouver’s architectural history and rebirth, including major changes to Gastown over the last few decades.
Image Credit: Stonework on Facade of Flack Block by Renewal Partners, on Flickr
The conservation and rehabilitation of the Flack Block has received a 2010 Outstanding Achievement Award from Heritage BC. For a complete description of the project, visit the awards page at Heritage BC.
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