The View from Southeast False Creek, ink illustration by Peter R. Bach, between 1982-1984.

The View from Southeast False Creek, ink illustration by Peter R. Bach, between 1982-1984.

Condominiumscape, looking east down Georgia Street at twilight, by Matthew Cencich, one of the founding members of UrbanSketchers.org, seen via flickr. (correction: not Matthew Brehm as previously noted)

Condominiumscape, looking east down Georgia Street at twilight, by Matthew Cencich, one of the founding members of UrbanSketchers.org, seen via flickr. (correction: not Matthew Brehm as previously noted)

Corner Street of Robson and Granville St by Jeannette Hall, 2010, via flickr.

Corner Street of Robson and Granville St by Jeannette Hall, 2010, via flickr.

Canadian National Railway Station, 1150 Station Street, circa 1982 - 1985, by Barbara Elizabeth Wilson (from the Vancouver Archives); Item Number: 99-29-1; Private Records #: Add. MSS. 1354

Canadian National Railway Station, 1150 Station Street, circa 1982 - 1985, by Barbara Elizabeth Wilson (from the Vancouver Archives); Item Number: 99-29-1; Private Records #: Add. MSS. 1354

Credit Foncier Building, 850 West Hastings Street, circa 1982 - 1983, by Barbara Elizabeth Wilson (from the Vancouver Archives); Item: 99-29-12; Location: 221-D-3

Credit Foncier Building, 850 West Hastings Street, circa 1982 - 1983, by Barbara Elizabeth Wilson (from the Vancouver Archives); Item: 99-29-12; Location: 221-D-3

City Hall, Vancouver, 1985, by Barbara Elizabeth Wilson (from the Vancouver Archives); Item: 99-29-14; Location: 221-D-3

City Hall, Vancouver, 1985, by Barbara Elizabeth Wilson (from the Vancouver Archives); Item: 99-29-14; Location: 221-D-3

BowMac sign at 1154 West Broadway, Vancouver, circa 1982 - 1983, by Barbara Elizabeth Wilson (from the Vancouver Archives); Item: 99-29-15; Location: 221-D-3, now partly covered by the Toys R Us sign, and immortalized in the lyrics to the song “The City You Live In Is Ugly” by Young and Sexy.

BowMac sign at 1154 West Broadway, Vancouver, circa 1982 - 1983, by Barbara Elizabeth Wilson (from the Vancouver Archives); Item: 99-29-15; Location: 221-D-3, now partly covered by the Toys R Us sign, and immortalized in the lyrics to the song “The City You Live In Is Uglyby Young and Sexy.

Red Cat Records, a sketch by Melanie Coles, 2010. From the online article: Once Upon a Record Store in Discorder magazine.

Red Cat Records, a sketch by Melanie Coles, 2010. From the online article: Once Upon a Record Store in Discorder magazine.

Historic Gastown by Jeannette Hall, 2010 via flickr.

Historic Gastown by Jeannette Hall, 2010 via flickr.

Chaotic powerlines by Jeannette Hall, 2010, via flickr.

Chaotic powerlines by Jeannette Hall, 2010, via flickr.

Sam Kee Building, China Town, Vancouver, 2010 by mer.loves.to.sketch via Vancouver Sketchbook group.

Sam Kee Building, China Town, Vancouver, 2010 by mer.loves.to.sketch via Vancouver Sketchbook group.

Telus World of Science by Jeannette Hall, 2010, via flickr.

Telus World of Science by Jeannette Hall, 2010, via flickr.

Ode to Kingsway, Volume 5, posted Feb 25, 2008 by Bambi Edlund, depicting the southeast corner of Kingsway & Knight, sometime in the early 1940’s

Ode to Kingsway, Volume 5, posted Feb 25, 2008 by Bambi Edlund, depicting the southeast corner of Kingsway & Knight, sometime in the early 1940’s

Transit, and the Art of Waiting, by Dave Olson, 2007, via flickr.

Transit, and the Art of Waiting, by Dave Olson, 2007, via flickr.

Vancouver Granville Island, 2008; pen sketch by Matthew Forsythe via flickr.

Vancouver Granville Island, 2008; pen sketch by Matthew Forsythe via flickr.