This past weekend, we received a collection of transit artefacts. After a family member passed, relatives cleared out a storage locker. We are still cataloguing the items, but there were some 35mm slides. I have digitized them and I am posting some here. The views I have chosen are of Larwill Park Bus Terminal which was at the intersection of Dunsmuir and Cambie Sts, across from the rear of the Queen Elizabeth theatre.
“The Larwill Park bus terminal in Vancouver was opened in 1947. It was constructed by Charles Bentall of the Dominion Construction Company and was considered the most modern bus depot in Canada at the time. The terminal served Pacific Stage Lines, Greyhound, Squamish Coach Lines, and others until it was closed in 1993, when operations moved to Pacific Central Station.” (They Paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot: Larwill Park | Eve Lazarus)
Unfortunately, the transparencies are in very sad shape — the colours are faded, perhaps the result of the poor storage conditions. Why post them? Because they show the terminal in its final years. And I believe this is the first time I have seen the beautiful flooring which includes the Pacific Stage Lines logo, Pegagsus, the flying horse. I guess that is one vestige of Pacific Stage Lines it wasn’t possible to remove!
