Back Alley Yaletown Vancouver IR May 08 2010_DSC1992

Back Alley Yaletown Vancouver IR May 08 2010_DSC1992, originally uploaded by VancouverDoug.

Vancouver is not all 21st century with its back alleys reflecting the 20th and 21st century duality of the city. In fact, given that on June 13 1886 what was then Vancouver (1,000 or so wood houses) burned to the ground in 45 minutes (nearly 30 people were killed) the city is pretty much as new as they get in Canada. Ironically Vancouver's first fire department was formed 2 weeks before the great fire.