A Devastating History of Stanley Park
[by Lani Russwurm] The Dark Secrets of Stanley Park Tour is a journey through a wild forest – and an equally wild history! Stanley Park was supposed to be an untamed rainforest. Almost 1,000 acres...Read More
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Past & Present: 100 East Hastings Street 1907/2017
The Forbidden Vancouver Tour delves into one of the darkest moments in Vancouver’s history. The old photo shows some of the damage done by the Asiatic Exclusion League riot that rampaged through Chinatown and...Read More
Past & Present: Hastings and Granville Streets, 1921/2016
Discover the Golden Years on The Forbidden Vancouver Tour. Starting in 1908, Vancouver went through a period of extremely rapid growth. New buildings began popping up everywhere – including this one. Built as the Canadian...Read More
A History of Sex Work in Early Vancouver
[by Lani Russwurm] We visit the site of some of Vancouver’s oldest brothels on The Forbidden Vancouver Tour. When Florence Mackenzie came to Vancouver in 1894 to set up a brothel, sex work in the...Read More
West End History Comes to Life at the Roedde House
[By Kendall Walters]  Roedde House Museum is a hidden gem in Vancouver’s West End. Built in 1893, the house has become part of the fabric of the city. In its modern capacity as a museum, Roedde...Read More
Vancouver, Vaudeville and the City’s Lost Theatre District
[by Kendall Walters]  Every weekend, Vancouverites converge on Granville Street, long the city’s entertainment hotspot, in the pursuit of fun. Not many know that Granville was once considered stuffy and that people flocked to an entirely...Read More