https://evelazarus.com/hidden-pasts-digital-futures-vancouver-in1948/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:05:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://evelazarus.com/hidden-pasts-digital-futures-vancouver-in1948/#comment-2405 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:26:44 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=6029#comment-2405 I love the term ‘digital carpentry.’ The Hotel Vancouver one has more historical cred because it’s based on actual images; Hogan’s Alley is pretty speculative in every aspect but, hey, that’s what graphic novelists do, too! The Hotel Vancouver actually became an official hostel after its rough beginnings as a squat (it was militia headquarters during the war). I have a friend, born in 1946, who spent for the first couple of years of her life in a room on the 6th floor with her parents before they were able to get VLA housing, initially at 23rd and Fraser and later in Fraserview when the CMHC opened it up.

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