olympic venues

I did mention the crowds we had during the winter games here in Vancouver in my last post. Well, here is a series of photos I took near the olympic village and ScienceWorld turned SochiWorld for the games. ScienceWorld served as Russia's venue for promoting their winter games at Sochi, Russia. The line-ups were at least 2 hours but better than some other venues where the longest wait was 7 hours. The silver dome is ScienceWorld turned SochiWorld. Enjoy the photos! Feel free to comment or to ask questions. - V

current progress - winter olympic village

On Saturday of the previous weekend I checked out the work at Vancouver's winter olympic village (2010) and these are some of the photos that resulted from the walk. From that venue I continued on westward via the seaside walk on the north side of False Creek from Yaletown to Sunset Beach and on to 2nd Beach by way of the main beach on English Bay. The focus of this post though is the village, so enjoy the photos. I'll present some more photos in a couple months as the work continues. The village is to be turned over to VANOC on November 1 but it looks like there's a bit yet to do!

I find the plantings interesting with the use of drought resistant plants great in low water conditions, such as we are having now.

There are different perspectives in these various photos both in viewing the village and also seeing it from other vantage points or viewing other places from the village.

Since it was a Saturday, there was some construction work being carried on but certainly not as busy as it would be during a week day.

This use of grasses in plantings is interesting. I took photos from several angles. What do you think?

The design of the buildings is interesting in that not just the usual rectangular shape is used but also curved and slanted walls making for interesting perspectives.

Canada Geese passing through but once the site is finished and plantings well-established, more wildlife will show up not to mention the human element and its activity.

What do think of the bridge design?

Then there are views from the north side of False Creek giving us a look from a different vantage point. There'll be more photos of the site in a couple of months (August) as the work comes closer to completion. Enjoy these!!! - V.

Vancouver's False Creek - South Shore Part I

The weather last Sunday (March 29) was sunny and reasonably warm for the season, so while I was in Vancouver for some training connected with work, I decided to take a walk along the south shore of False Creek starting at around Science World. These are some of the photos that resulted from my series of shots taken (part I). The image above shows what looks like a weathervane/artwork of some sort but there also looks to be a camera there as well. Have a close look. That photo was taken outside the dome at Science World. Below is a view of False Creek looking west from Science World. Yaletown is on the right and the winter olympic village on the left.

There is a pigeon resting in the photo above and a closer view of the village in the photo below.

There are some pieces of artwork around the Science World location, such as the wood sculpture above and then a general view of the area in the image below.

Since last taking photos of the olympic complex under construction, a lot of work has been done despite the set-backs that have struck the work. The remainder of the photos will show what progress has been made since last autumn. Part II to follow soon. Meantime, enjoy these photos!