Doorway of the Vancouver Marine Building

Doorway of the Vancouver Marine Building

doorway of the Vancouver Marine Building, downtown Vancouver, BC Canada. (355 Burrard Street).

the Marine Building is Vancouver's finest example of Art Deco architecture. It was once the tallest building in the British Empire.

The Marine Bldg opened in 1930 at a cost of $2.3 million ($1.1 million over budget), it was the talk of the town. Uniformed doormen stood by the massive brass doors opening onto the dazzling lobby, and sailor-suited women waited to escort passengers in 5 high speed elevators. It was by far the most glamorous structure many visitors had seen in their lives.

Created by: Alandrapal.

Tools Used: 5D, 16-35 II L ultra wide angle

Created on: 27 July 2007

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Image Number: 41014

Comments:

Susan from Upper Hutt, New Zealand on Aug 30, 2007 at 6:14 AM said:

What a great entrance to a building, love the design.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Aug 2, 2007 at 3:44 PM said:

thought the same, Steve. Infact, the thumbnail of your image showed up at the side of the page where my image was, -- so I checked it then. We went back to this Marine building yesterday, so I switched lenses around and took a few more shots of it. I want to get inside that building since "googling" it and reading about the interesting items in the interior :)

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Aug 2, 2007 at 1:10 PM said:

Interesting to compare this to my shot of the entrance to the Natural History Museum in London!

www.thelensflare.com/gallery/p_museum_35499.php

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Jul 30, 2007 at 4:16 PM said:

thanks Carol, there's a lot more "to it", but it's kindof hard to capture properly :)

Shutterbug from Maine on Jul 30, 2007 at 8:19 AM said:

Very pretty entrance, great composition.

Carol

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