The Vancouver Club by abirkill

The Vancouver Club

The Vancouver Club is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Vancouver. It was designed by British architects G.L.T. Sharp and Charles J. Thompson, who are also responsible for many other buildings from this period around Vancouver, including the UBC campus.

It first opened on January 1st 1914, and was built to resemble a substantial British townhouse. The club's previous building was located directly to the east.

Located on West Hastings St. between Hornby and Burrard St., and backing onto the harbour, it is an unusual sight in an area otherwise almost entirely comprised of high-rise office and residential buildings.

5-shot HDR taken from across the street (and directly next to a bus stop) at rush hour. I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to guess how long it took to get those five exposures without capturing vehicles or pedestrians in the frame...
Beautiful building! Nicely captured, Enjoy its history too.
December 22nd, 2012  
Looks very posh
December 22nd, 2012  
Love the lighting and detail of this shot. nice narrative to go with it too.
December 22nd, 2012  
beautiful shot!
December 22nd, 2012  
Very classy building. Hope you weren't there more than half an hour!
December 22nd, 2012  
great shot. I used to live in vamcouver, I dont think i know that building.
December 22nd, 2012  
Very elegant!! beautifully shot!
December 22nd, 2012  
Love older buildings - this is classic. Beautifully composed shot. Great clarity and fabulous lighting- the rails are glowing
December 22nd, 2012  
lovely shot
December 22nd, 2012  
Very pretty
December 22nd, 2012  
Lot of work here. Very nice. The HDR makes this image, with detail everywhere you look. Favorite.
December 22nd, 2012  
What a gorgeous image. Great work. Love it.
December 22nd, 2012  
Like your photo. I don't know how to do what your talking about . But your photo looks very nice. The flag is a little blurred.But with 5 shots would have thought it would be a lot more.
December 23rd, 2012  
So quaint - love it.
December 23rd, 2012  
Stunning building, warm tones and soft colours :) Perfect
December 23rd, 2012  
Beautiful
December 23rd, 2012  
Im learning a lot from your shoots: your photo (how U did it) and the story behind that fantastic subject. Im amazed that make your photos very, very interesting.
December 29th, 2012  
The lighting is perfect on this beautiful building. Thanks for the history and the how to on the shot. You have patience!
December 30th, 2012  
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