Westender article – The Reifel Family by Will Woods

30 May 2013

Will wrote a piece on the notorious Reifel family, rum-runners supreme, for the Westender on May 30, 2013. A couple of unfortunate typos crept in before publication – no prizes if you catch them! Here’s...

Gastown.org Q&A With Will Woods

14 May 2013

Forbidden Vancouver Founder and Chief Storyteller Will Woods was interviewed by Gastown.org in May 2013. You can read the interview below! About Gastown.org Gastown.org is the website run by the Gastown Business Improvement Association (BIA)....

The Province – Secrets of the Penthouse

06 May 2013

Province reporter Stuart Derdeyn came to check out Forbidden Vancouver’s special event Secrets of the Penthouse in April 2013. And so in May we were in the The Province! Derdeyn focused on both the details...

Westender – an article about Prohibition by Will Woods

25 Apr 2013

Will wrote a piece on prohibition, speakeasies and blind pigs in Gastown for the Westender on April 25, 2013. The Westender article by Will Woods The piece focused on the loopholes in prohibition-era law that...

BBC Travel Online – Secrets of the Penthouse

10 Apr 2013

Vancouverite and writer for BBC Travel, John Lee, came on our Secrets of the Penthouse special event. And he wrote a fantastic article about it on BBC Travel! Lee describes Secrets of the Penthouse as...

Vancity Buzz covers Secrets of the Penthouse

01 Apr 2013

Secrets of the Penthouse got a mention in Vancity Buzz on April 1, 2013. The event has become one of the most popular nights out in the city – an after-dark favourite for anyone with...

Inside Vancouver – Secrets of the Penthouse

15 Mar 2013

Secrets of the Penthouse got a mention in Vancouver’s most visited blog, Inside Vancouver, March 15 2013. We loved the headline “Walk on the Wild Side…with Will Woods!” In fact Secrets of the Penthouse is...

Forbidden Vancouver Media Coverage

31 Dec 2012

This is a compilation of media stories about Forbidden Vancouver, for more recent coverage please check the Media Coverage section of our blog. The Vancouver Sun On July 11, 2012 we got a mention on...

Prohibition City featured in the Vancouver Courier

20 Aug 2012

Jen St. Denis from the Vancouver Courier came to check out Forbidden Vancouver’s walking tour Prohibition City. The tour was developed by Will Woods after spending nearly a year digging up the city’s dirtiest history...

The Gastown Riot: Tom Terrific vs. the Yippies

23 Apr 2012

Like many cities around the world on April 20 each year Vancouver is host to a lively pro-marijuana rally. Known as ‘4-20.’ In recent years the event moved to Sunset Beach to accommodate the...

The Battle of Ballantyne Pier

16 Apr 2012

1935 was a volatile year in Vancouver’s history. It was the tail end of the Great Depression and Vancouver had been hit harder than any other Canadian city. After several years of destitution and poverty,...

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