All of the skyscrapers in downtown Vancouver are wonderful but my camera is still in love with flatiron buildings like the Hotel Europe in the Gastown district. I suspect this six-story triangular hotel was grand when it opened in 1909. Since its renovation in 1983 it has become affordable housing. An interesting side note: A tavern used to serve cold beers behind those locked front doors. That space is now filled with $200,000 of gravel to prevent its collapse.
