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Discover Vancouver on Transit, a BC Transit brochure, 1990. This was the 100th anniversary of public transit in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, as the logo attests. Illustrations in the brochure were credited to Robert Dobie, Jim Koll, Klaus Ravn, and Paulo Venturi, though I’m not sure who designed precisely which illustrations.

UPDATE: I received an email from James Koll, who recalls this brochure from his days freelancing at Slicko Studios. Slicko Studios, later known as the Ken Koo Creative Group was founded by Ken in 1982, built from a staff of 4 to 60+, and was acquired by the Cossette Group of companies in 2000. The company now operates under the name of Identica.

Routes: The Lighter Side of Public Transit, cover illustration by Brent Harron, who has also worked extensively in the film business. From the book by Heinz Hammer, published June 1989.

Ride of Dreams by Rhonda Lee Laurie, one of the Orcas in the City exhibited throughout Vancouver from 2003-04, now on permanent display at Commercial Drive SkyTrain Station.

SkyBridge, artist unknown; a rendering seen mounted on the wall at the SkyTrain Operations and Maintenance Centre, Burnaby, during the SkyTrain 25th Anniversary celebration event. I can almost make out the name of the architectural illustrator, and I know for certain it is not Ron Love. The name almost resembles Lakonan or Illkonan?? The signature is hard to make out in the bottom right. Ron Love also drew the Skybridge here (in fact, Ron drew two versions of the bridge, the other drawing more accurately resembles the finished design).

In honour of I Love Transit week, this week’s posts will be transit related!

An alternate design for the TransLink Skybridge whose lines mirrors the Pattullo Bridge nearby; artist’s concept illustration by Ronald J Love. Ron was the Canadian architectural illustator who drew every SkyTrain station before they were built, as seen here previously.

Another early rendering of Vancouver’s Advanced Light Rapid Transit System (ALRT) now known as SkyTrain, prepared by Manfred Stein of Architektengruppe U-Bahn in 1982. This could be an early view of Patterson, or possibly Joyce Station (one of the Expo line station designs with tracks on the outside and the platform in the centre). The ALRT was a joint venture with Allen Parker & Associates of Vancouver.

An early rendering of Vancouver’s Advanced Light Rapid Transit System (ALRT) now known as SkyTrain, prepared by Manfred Stein of Architektengruppe U-Bahn in 1982. This is believed to represent Nanaimo Station. The ALRT was a joint venture with Allen Parker & Associates of Vancouver.

Sketches of Royal Oak area, from the Royal Oak Community Plan, adopted by Council on July 28, 1999, via the Burnaby City Hall website.

Production Way, pre-production colour rendering, seen on a brochure from January 2000, via flickr.

More transit ephemera posted by the Buzzer: Conceptual drawing of Broadway Station, by DVE LOVE. They are drawn by the esteemed Ronald J. Love Architectural Illustration, which was founded in New York City in 1967, and relocated to Vancouver in 1972, according to book The Art of Architectural Illustration by Gordon Grice.

More transit ephemera posted by the Buzzer: Conceptual drawing of Main Street Station, signed by DVE LOVE. They are drawn by the esteemed Ronald J. Love Architectural Illustration, which was founded in New York City in 1967, and relocated to Vancouver in 1972, according to book The Art of Architectural Illustration by Gordon Grice.

Previous post was inspired by this Buzzer Blog post, highlighting a first day certificate from the Surrey SkyTrain extension launch in 1994 (scan courtesy of Rob Chew has been tweaked and rendered in B&W to highlight the illustration). Artist unknown, possibly also Harron??

Coming Through, a Columbia SkyTrain Station poster signed by Harron (anyone know the first name?) celebrating the grand opening on February 14, 1989. A pretty remarkable feat, illustrating New Westminster all the way to North Vancouver Quay in a single picture! Hidden behind track ad billboards at Waterfront Station, still visible from behind a chain-linked fence.