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Vancouver Neon merch can be found at these great shops


FUNHAUSER DECOR
Retro cool stuff with emphasis on tiki

35 E Pender in Chinatown
tel 604-681-8224

Unframed prints, magnets and postcards



ARTRAGEOUS PICTURES AND FRAMING
Excellent quality, Excellent prices

1256 Commercial Dr
tel 604-251-5056

Bill, at Artrageous, has beautifully matted and framed many of the neon photographs.
Also magnets and postcards

 


JEM GALLERY
Vancouver's LowBrow Gallery

225 E Broadway off Main St
tel 604-879-5366
A few framed prints and lots of unframed prints, magnets


OSCAR'S ART BOOK STORE
Beautifull books, fantastic prices


1553 W Broadway off Granville St
tel # 604-731-055
Postcards

 

 


Local History/Heritage

 

 

 


British Columbia Historical Federation

 

 


portal to hundreds of B.C.history websites
http://victoria.tc.ca/Resources/bchistory.html

 


Vancouver Heritage Foundation
(Focus on architecture in Vancouver)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Vancouver City Hall web-site / Woodwards page

 


website of Vancouver Heritage advocate. He has excellent walking tours of Vancouver (from April to September)

 

 

City Lights
website from the Vancover Museum's 1998 neon exhibit
Note: After opening page wait 15 seconds or click the phrase 'continue to the document'
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http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/neon/default.htm

 

Roadside Monuments of Canada

 

 

Artists

 

laughinghand.com
Illustrations of Vancouver Cafes and Neon by artist Laughing Hand

 

 

Craig Neeland's Website
Nice photographs of Vancouver neon from the early 1980s

http://www.sfu.ca/~neelands/Neon/oldneon/oldneon.html
THE NEON PAGE

 

 

Vancouver Lowbrow Artist, 12 Midnight: Check out his neon artwork in the Gallery section of the website

 


Highly detailed paintings of scenes of the past
Brian Croft : Painting the history of Vancouver and British Columbia

er Neon

 


Places in Vancouver that have neon signs and websites

The Blarney Stone
blarneystone.indivision.ca/
Burrard Inn
www.burrardinn.com
Cambie Plumbing
www.cambieplumbing.com
The Cecil
website for the exotic show lounge
City Centre Moter Hotel
www.citycentermotorhotel.com/
Commodore Ballroom
www.livenation.com
Dayton Boots
www.daytonboots.com
Dunn's Tailors
www.dunnstailors.com
Grandview Bowling
www.grandviewlanes.com
Harris Paint
harristedpaintswallpaper.supersites.ca/
Hollywood Theatre
www.hollywoodtheatre.ca
Kerrisdale Veterinary
www.kerrisdalevethospital.com 
Kingston Hotel
www.kingstonhotelvancouver.com
Kripps Pharmacy
www.krippspharmacy.com
Leo's Cameras
www.leoscamera.com
Marpole Masonic Hall
website for The Van Zor Grotto
Martin's Furniture Moderne Burger
The Orpheum Me-n'Eds Pizza
www.me-n-eds.ca
The Paramount
www.paramountgirls.com
Park Theatre
Festival Cinemas website
Patricia Hotel
www.budgetpathotel.bc.ca
The Penthouse Club
www.penthousenightclub.com
The Plaza Nightclub
www.plazaclub.net
Red Cat Records
www.redcat.ca
Ridge Theatre
Festival Cinemas website
Rio Theatre
www.riotheatre.ca
Sacred Heat Tattoo
www.sacredhearttattoo.ca
St Regis Hotel
www.stregishotel.com
Stanley Theatre
Arts Club Theatre website
Sylvia Hotel Tinseltown Theatres
CinemarkTinseltown's website
with movie listings and synopsis of films
Tonic Club Wally's Burgers
some nice stuff on YouTube.com
about Wally's
The Yale
www.theyale.ca

 

 

Neon appreciation

 

Roadside Peek: Extensive website related to roadside attractions



Photographs along the old route between Vancouver BC and Seattle WA

 

 

Yakima Valley Museum: Public collection of vintage neon in Yakima, Washington

 

 

Lost Highway Museum: Private collection of vintage neon in Pomeroy, Washington

 

Las Vegas Neon Museum

 

Los Angeles
MUSEUM OF NEON ART (MONA)

 



Motels of the Southwest

 

 

American Sign Museum

 

 

Times Square Now

 

 

Presevation Society in New Jersey

 

 

Googie architecture online: Roadside California

 

 

Society of Commercial Archeology (North America)

 

 

Route 66 neon restoration project