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The Marine Building
The entrance to the Marine Building, a.k.a. Smallvilles Daily Planet headquarters.
The Marine Building is still, for old-timers, the building most clearly identified with Vancouver. Its unique wedding cake "icing", topped by that vaguely Mayan tower, makes a dramatic and exciting backdrop as you look west down Hastings. It is one of the great art deco buildings in the world.

Construction started in the spring of 1929 with a ceremony in keeping with the style of the building. "Yesterday morning," said a March 14 newspaper report, "His Worship Mayor W.H. Malkin blew a blast on a golden whistle and with it set in motion the steam shovel that will excavate the site for the new Burrard Street Marine skyscraper."

From that first breaking of the ground to the formal opening October 7, 1930 was 16 months. And, when the Marine Building opened, with 21 floors at a height of 97.8 metres (321 feet), Vancouver had seen nothing like it.

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Theresa Tahara is a fine art photographer and digital artist specializing in FotoArtistry. Use the contact button beside my selfie to join my email list for special discounts. "I believe that the more we look for beauty in this world, the more beauty there is to be found. If it is an expectation, it will appear and I try to convey this appearance with my photography. Life itself can be an endless creative journey and I am glad to be part of it." - Theresa Tahara Specializing in creative manipulation photography. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.