Comments on: The Sylvia Hotel turns 100

By: Doug Parks

Doug Parks — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:47:25 +0000

Bit of a gap in the posts but The Sylvia has a special place in my heart. My mom worked at the Sylvia both at Dine In The Sky and at the restaurant on the ground floor as a cook in the early 60s. One of her favorite stories was about an accident in the kitchen. They were working under the kitchen floor and she spilled a large pot of gravy on the workers below. They calmly asked her to pass down the roast beef. A woman that worked the front desk gave my mom a dog. A beagle named Hamlet. That dog could fill a page with stories and it came from the Sylvia. When I was a bit older the Sylvia lounge was a favorite place to drink. Rusty Nails and Zombies were favorites. One of the first dates my wife and I went on was to the Sylvia Lounge. I would take my mom their for diner in her later years. In 1972 while attending BCIT a group of us had to interview credit and collection policies at 3 hotels. The Bayshore The Sylvia and the Caravan motel . Mr Reeves was the manager of the Sylvia at the time and he remembered my mom so it was an in. Today we still get to the Sylvia if were spending the day at Stanley Park. Its my favorite Vancouver Landmark

By: Glen A Mofford

Glen A Mofford — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 15:30:25 +0000

In reply to Eve Lazarus. Thank-you and yes feel free to share on Facebook, cheers. I look forward to your future writings.

By: Glen A Mofford

Glen A Mofford — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:38:14 +0000

Thank-you for this interesting and informative article on the lovely Sylvia Hotel. Fortunately I did enjoy a few drinks in the lounge years ago, when one could afford a ferry trip to the mainland. A beautiful hotel with a long history. I was so moved that I put a collage together that I hope you don’t mind me sharing with you and your readers: https://www.flickr.com/photos/westcoasthistory/8402522983/
We hope to visit Vancouver one of these days and if we do the Sylvia Hotel will be on our list as one of the great places to see.

By: Margaret McJannet

Margaret McJannet — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 10:07:15 +0000

I stayed at the Sylvia hotel a few years ago.
I was reading the book “Mr. Got to Go” to my two tiny toydogs Cleo and Cuddles while sitting in the lobby around 10 o’clock p.m.(empty nest syndrome)
Everything was quiet behind the lobby desk and there weren’t any customers in the the lobby.
All of a sudden….Cleo lunged at the lobby desk and started barking hysterically…very unusual for Cleo…Cuddles is the one who is yappy…and Cuddles didn’t make a sound…not one peep.

It’s always puzzled me why Cleo saw ‘something’ on the lobby desk and Cuddles didn’t.
Actually I didn’t see anything either nor did the staff….anyway Cleo is a much more ‘sensitive’ dog than Cuddles…she picks up on peoples feelings etc whereas Cuddles is oblivious in a puppylike way

I think Cleo saw ‘Mr. Got to Go”

I loved my stay at the Sylvia

Margaret McJannet

By: Cynthia Nugent

Cynthia Nugent — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:34:06 +0000

Lovely article. Couldn’t believe it when I read that the Sylvia receives 600 letters a year!!! Who made the wacky cover for the 3rd book? I’m hard at work trying to come up with the cover myself.