01/22/2015
Welcome back, Gastown Steam Clock, we missed you!!!
Here’s the Hotel Winters on a postcard, probably from around 1910. It’s a hand coloured black and white photograph, so the bricks haven’t really changed colour.
You can see that most of the building looks as solid today as when W T Whiteway designed and supervised the construction in 1907. These days it’s a Single Room Occupancy residence for low-income residents. There’s some confusion over who built the hotel. There’s general agreement it was a Mrs Winters, and Avis Winters, wife of Richard was living with her husband in the city in 1891. In 1906 she’s
01/22/2015
Welcome back, Gastown Steam Clock, we missed you!!!
02/02/2013
Great news for Gastown, the Flying Pig takes over Abbott and Water:
http://scoutmagazine.ca/2013/02/01/diner-the-flying-pig-to-open-in-the-old-chronic-tacos-spot-in-gastown-this-spring/
DINER: “The Flying Pig” To Open In The Old Chronic Tacos Spot In Gastown This Spring : Scout Magazin by Andrew Morrison | 102 Water St. may be one of the better addresses in Gastown, but I think it’s also one of the most abused. It’s been at least six restaurants since its days as the lobby of the old Winters Hotel (Vallarta, Daiwa Sushi, etc). Maybe even more. Its most recent tenant was Chronic Ta...
11/18/2012
"Fringe" Season 5, Episode 6
"Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There"
Filmed in the Winters Hotel, check it out. It's awesome!!!
http://video.citytv.com/video/detail/1959345438001.000000/through-the-looking-glass-and-what-walter-found-there/?gclid=COe-3szw17MCFUdxQgodKgYAsw #
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Please visit Jil at 221 Abbott Street
http://mikemistry.wordpress.com/
Mi Kemistry experiential fashion for women
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Harp Diapers and Apparel
Harp Diapers specializes textiles, sewing all the things, in all the prettiest most wonderful prints imaginable.
Message or Email [email protected] for help with custom orders and Visit us on Etsy!
104 Water Street, welcome our newest addition:
www.shopmeadow.ca
News Hour Gastown voted 4th most stylish neighbourhood Wed, Oct 10 - A leading magazine aimed at young men has ranked Gastown among the world's most stylish neighbourhoods. Anne Drewa reports.
10/09/2012
We're Number 4! Not Number 5! Yeah Gastown. Thanks "Complex Style Magazine" for seeing our true beauty and fashoin sense! Check it out, guys:
http://www.complex.com/style/2012/10/the-50-most-stylish-neighborhoods-in-the-world/gastown
4. Gastown — The 50 Most Stylish Neighborhoods in the World We went global to find the streets with the most steez. Complex.com: The original buyer's guide for men.
08/23/2012
Crome Yellow, check it out:
http://cromeyellowgastown.wordpress.com/
Crome Yellow clothing x art x culture
08/22/2012
Here they are:
http://nikadesign.ca/
Nika Shoes Custom, handmade shoes in Gastown, Vancouver. Located on 205 Abbott Street, Nika is a small shop with great products. Come in to check out the full range of mens and womens shoes, bags, coats and accessories.