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The Engagement Rings
The Engagement Rings - The Strangest Sculptures in the World
Two engagement rings adorn the English Beach Bay in Vancouver. Dennis Oppenheim has made them out of glass, steel and aluminum. The shapes in the form of houses took symbolically the place of jewelry on these rings. Obviously, the engagement rings are monuments to the institution of marriage. "The Jewels" from the 10 meters rings are inside lighted by city mains. These glass houses are located at an ele...
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The Device to Root out Evil
The Device to Root out Evil - The Strangest Sculptures in the World
"The Device to Root out Evil" is a sculpture created by Dennis Oppenheim in 1997. It is an 8 foot village church in the English new style, with the roof spiked into the ground. The statue is made of transparent red Venetian glass and steel. The steel shines in the daylight during a sunny day. After the sunset the church is illuminated from within. The glass glows with red and the st...
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Vancouver
Vancouver - Top 10 Best Cities in the World to Live in
Vancouver is, for the fifth year, the head of the ranking of the best cities to live, according to an annual study published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). About Vancouver Vancouver,...
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Coal Harbour
Coal Harbour - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
Coal Harbour is a very cute place situated between Stanley Park and Canada Place Pier in Vancouver. This is a new neighborhood with pitoresque places that attract visitor’s eyes. This place is lined by a very nice and quite walkway that makes its perfect for residents or for visitors to spend the time with pleasure. This residential area was initially a industrial one with railways that came to the waterfront making the connection between industrial areas and the rest ...
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Museum of Anthropology
Museum of Anthropology - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
Museum of Anthropology has the most interesting collection in Vancouver. The museum makes part from the University of British Columbia and includes elements of the culture of aboriginals from Pacific Northwest. This gorgeous museum will take a lot of time to explore its beautiful and unique pieces of art. As you enter in the museum, two carved wood doors will take you to the Great Hall. The University of Columbia started to col...
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Harbour Centre
Harbour Centre - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
Harbour Centre in Vancouver is a wonderful skyscraper in the city with 28 stories of about 146 meters height. The construction of the building was completed in 1977 by WZMH who had founded many other spectacular buildings. The Harbour Centre can be easily seen from a long distance, being the highest building in Vancouver, due to its ornamental pylon, that represents the Seattle Space Needle, measuring 100 foot. The most visited ...
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VanDusen Botanical Garden
VanDusen Botanical Garden - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
VanDusen Botanical Garden is a very attractive destination in the city of Vancouver, situated very close to Downtown of the city. It situated on a land that in 1960 belonged to Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a gulf club. In 1970 a group of citizens decided to develop the space and to transform it in a botanical garden. In 1975 it was opening to the public as a very beautiful botanical garden, named VanDusen, in the honor of the W.J Vandusen, who sponsored the project. It ...
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Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver Art Gallery - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery is famous for historic and contemporary art, imressioning everybody for its gorgeous collections of Canadian art. The building was founded in 1911 as a courthouse. In 1983 its became a local Museum of Art. it was designed by a famous architect, Francis Rattenbury, decorated in a neoclassical style.The gallery holds over 9,000 pieces of art, including a significant collection of paintings and works made on paper, some of it belonging to Emily Carr. The g...
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Marine Building
Marine Building - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
Marine Building is a gorgeous skyscraper in British Columbia, Vancouver, very famous for its Art-Deco style. The designer of this huge building is J.W Hobbs, originally from Toronto, who decided that Vancouver need a skyscraper, because the city was a very important port, after was open the Panama Canal in 1914. It is situated on the Burrad Street with a great view on Vancouver harbour , that soon became a very important port there. The imposant building ha...
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Stanley Park
Stanley Park - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
One of the greatest attraction in Vancouver and a very beautiful urban park in the world is Stanley Park. It is situated at 10 minutes from the business district being a perfect place for relax and recreation activities for those who live in its proximity. Inititaly it was the place for the marine base in the Royal Navy, named after the Lord Stanley, the Canadian Governor who decided to design this park on a 1000 acres territory in 1888. The park offers a great view over the...
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Queen Elizabeth Park
Queen Elizabeth Park - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
Queen Elizabeth Park is a national treasure for Vancouver, an unique landmark that attracts thousands of visitors. The park started its life as a basalt quarry and for many years was the main source of foundation rock for Vancouver’s roads. In 1911 the quarry was closed and the area was like a huge dead landscape. Only the children were playing here on the hills, in the caves surrounded anyway by a beautiful nature with blackberries and brush, looking more as a w...
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Waterfront Station
Waterfront Station - The most popular places in Vancouver, Canada
Waterfront Station is the main railway station for Vancouver. The station was opened to public in 1914 ,and was constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway, as the western terminal for trains which came from Toronto or Montreal. It is designed in a neo –classic style, and during the time it suffered a lot of changes, because in 1970 the Canadian Pacific Railway took its trains to another terminal station and there were included a variety of public transportations, for ...
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