Jason M Vanderhill

@sqwabb @gastown Yeah… just curious if they know who to call next!

@jmv @gastown The famous clockmaker died in November of 2024. Hopefully the [not actually a] Steam Clock hasn't been on the blink since then.

Rumours may or may not be true that @Gastown merchants & "stakeholders" are meeting to figure out exactly how #homeless people & supportive housing residents are to blame for #Vancouver's famous #Gastown Steam Clock displaying the wrong time for months! ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…

Sorry to see North Vancouver jeweller says U.S. tariffs forcing closure of his shop nsnews.com/local-business… via @NorthShoreNews

To answer my own question, I now think it does relate to the American location. It may have been misunderstood as Willow River Falls, written as Wool River Falls. I think that’s the best I can come up with!

Have you ever heard of the location Wool River Falls? River Falls is an extremely generic location, as well as an American location. But my only suspicion is it could refer to the Nanaimo River, and the Cowichan Valley referencing wool. And this is about a century ago.

Remember these two old houses on Hornby? The 1913 Vancouver Sun cartoonist Graham Hyde lived next door in a rooming house called the Bon Accord Hotel at 1235 Hornby, but by the following year, he was gone. The hotel survived till 1992, when it was destroyed by fire.

@CityHallWchVAN I will say 1 more counterpoint, when King George Hub developers did a late conversion from office tower to residential tower, I was very upset as it went against the benefits of a mixed use transit hub. But no one seem to speak up in opposition. Maybe it’s the same feels.

@CityHallWchVAN All right, I see more people chiming in, but are we now treating industrial zoning as the ALR? Do people recall just a few years ago when the large False Creek flat area taken over by towers was effectively a tourist bus parking lot?

Council unanimously approves Strand 25-storey tower. Approval poses big risks for Vancouver's industrial lands & economic base. Encourages speculation. Proves there is NO opposition voice on City Council. OneCity, COPE, Van Greens = ABC. #vanpoli Epilogue cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/320…

I've been meaning to post a little retrospective of the old BC Tel telephone directories, so here it is. Also, it’s an appeal, I’m looking for the Peter Ewart cover, possibly 1959? tumblr.com/illustratedvan…

Van Gogh year in review via @theartnewspaper theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/19/rec…

For 1st time since trade war, Canada exported more than it imported

The art world pays tribute to Martin Parr 1952-2025, an 'extraordinary photographer of people and life in the UK' via ⁦@TheArtNewspaper⁩ theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/08/rem…

Final fraud suspect in vast Norval Morrisseau forgery operation found guilty, doc film There Are No Fakes had impact re-inspiring the investigation. Bottom line for art: coveted aboriginal still has high demand, but protection systems for artists remains weak. @TheArtNewspaper

@mortimer_1 What if two neighbours on both sides decide to build the same thing? Is there a view corridor lawsuit?

Here is the stupidity of forcing and mandating the wrong type of housing in the wrong area… Welcome to BC, Canada…

Random memory: that time I bumped into Andrea Martin shopping at IKEA for furniture for an indie Canadian film, trying to get spontaneous IKEA sponsorship in the credits.

I got a bunch of generic blue and white bricks… and made this #transit inspired digital pattern homage to the @translink T signage. Thanks #DougCoupland for the inspiration!!

I tried to find Juul's mom Trudy's obit as well but it does not seem to show anywhere. In fact, she hardly made the news, but worked alongside Juul for much of his career & she does receive recognition for this in certain circles. It seems she lived circa 1920-early 2013.

Added some more photos from 2003 as well!

I went back thru my archives and added a dozen or so more images from my visit to Juul Haalmeyer's studio back in 2002. Juul spent a great deal of time with John Candy as well, and retold many fun stories of those days... flickr.com/photos/jmv/alb…