Vancouver and history are not antonyms. While Vancouver appears young and metropolitan, its heritage spreads to the corners of the city. Our stories are tucked away in Vancouver’s historic tunnels and in what remains of Hogan’s Alley. We have much to say of kinship, athleticism, and competition as we study the Asahi Baseball Team. Beyond the seemingly omnipresent sound of rain, the venues and streets have echoed with sounds of rock and roll and rollercoasters. In every issue of MONTECRISTO, with insightful, thoughtful retrospective stories, we reveal that perhaps some of our city’s finest moments are behind us.
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Thrill-seekers ride the historic wooden rollercoaster built in 1958 by Carl Phare and Walker LeRoy (it is the only Phare and LeRoy rollercoaster still in existence today) at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), Summer 2010 issue.
Photo: Province Newspaper/VPL 43219.
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The Best Girl Rider first prize winner at the 1921 Vancouver Exhibition (now Pacific National Exhibition), Summer 2010 issue.
Photo: Stuart Thomson/City of Vancouver Archives (CVA) 99-1508.
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Portrait of Otto Yanagisawa, who played on the Asahi Baseball Team, Winter 2011 issue.
Photo: Japaneses Canadian National Museum: 02: 2010.26.37.
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Brown leather catcher’s mitt. The Asahi Baseball Team, Winter 2011 issue.
Photo: Japaneses Canadian National Museum: 2010.42.2.
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Hogan’s Alley, Winter 2009 issue.
Photo: Lauren Marsden.
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Elvis fans at Empire Stadium rushing to the stage in 1957, one of many monumental moments in Vancouver’s rock and roll history, Summer 2013 issue.
Photo: Province Newspaper, Vancouver Public Library, 61273.
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The Cave Supper Club in 1952. Vancouver’s rock and roll history, Summer 2013 issue.
Photo: Art Jones, Vancouver Public Library, 82042
