Hotel Devonshire, a postcard by Edward Goodall. Here’s an archival photo almost from the same vantage point, or how it would have appeared from the old Hotel Vancouver. According to Emporis, construction began in 1923 and was completed in 1924; the building was designed by the prestigious McCarter & Nairne Partners. More facts:

• Demolished on July 5, 1981 at 7:05 a.m. with 100 kilograms of dynamite, along with the famous Cave nightclub, to make way for the HSBC Building.
• Opened as an apartment building for boarders, named The Devonshire Apartment Hotel.

The Burrard Motel, a vintage postcard by the Vancouver postcard artist Edward Goodall. This postcard shows the final design circa 1954; the hotel opened in 1956. I didn’t realize the Burrard Motel, now the Burrard Hotel is actually a trendy hip vintage midcentury modern mix of style and fashion, right in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Any hotel with an inner courtyard deserves some credit in my books!

2400 Court, a postcard of unknown vintage which appears to be signed by Christian Anderson, no relation to Hans Christian Andersen I presume.

A postcard for The York Hotel, 790 Howe Street, Vancouver. The York was featured on Changing Vancouver earlier this month. The Sears building designed by Cesar Pelli has taken it’s place. Soon, things are destined to change once again. Sears is planning to leave this building before Halloween of this year; then the building will get its makeover. Hooray!

Postcard acquired at All Nations Stamp and Coin, previously in the Bay on West Georgia Street, they’ve since moved to 5630 Dunbar.

The Cambie Hostel; a work in gouache, ink, arcylic, and wood from 2011, submitted by Natasha Shubaly. 

Hotel Vancouver (#2) Canadian Pacific luggage label circa 1920s, via ebay. Looks similar to this previous post, but features a slightly different perspective.

Vintage felt pennant from Vancouver, BC (digital image montage) via ebay.

Early Hotel Vancouver pamphlet, lauded as one of the most modern hotels in the British Empire.

English Bay Hotel by Dave Fletcher, dated 6 November, 2011, via flickr. Dave writes:

A further sketch in the “Vancouver West-end Sketchbook”. This one is of the English Bay Hotel on the corner of Denman Street at Pendrell Street. This appears to be a 1950’s style concrete building (ugly and similar to construction to “The Residency”) … in the 12 or so years I have lived in the area, I do not recall every seeing anyone enter or exit this building (strange because it is not only a Hotel in a high tourist area but also because it has appeared to be open).

English Bay Hotel does appear to have a good number of reviews here, so I think they’re legit!

Richmond Hilton (oil on canvas 1998) 72” x 120”, a painted commission for the hotel by Dana Irving. A fine artist and musician, Dana was also responsible for the Stanley Lodge mural, featured previously here.

The Hotel Vancouver featured on the cover of Reid Fleming, the World’s Toughest Milkman, a comic book first published in 1986 by David Boswell. You can order reprints of his comic books from his website, and he also has digital downloads as well.

The 2400 Motel, a 24 x 36 inch oil on canvas by Ken West.

The Vancouver Airport Hyatt House, Richmond, BC, signed by Larson (first name unknown). Now known as the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel. From the inside cover of Time Magazine, Canada, January 21, 1974.

The New Dodson Hotel, a watercolour by Alain Boullard. The Dodson Hotel (ca. 1909) later the New Dodson Hotel was located at 25 E Hastings Street, now found between Potter’s Place Mission and Canada Ginseng Co, and a couple doors down from United We Can. Seen here during the PNE parade, 1991, and here on Google Street View, where you can still make out the holes from the missing neon signs.

Old Hotel Vancouver, a sketch by Charles Hepburn Scott circa 1929, featuring the Art Gallery steps and the second Hotel Vancouver (now the site of the Sears building). From the VAG’s 1989 Charles Hepburn Scott publication.