First things first. Check out these 100-120+ year old trees. Every autumn 🍂 take a walk through the magnificent grande boulevards & meandering avenues of Vancouver’s old First Shaughnessy District — pre-First World War - Edwardian- Craftsman-style heritage mansion homes (many with original interiors).* ••• “Why is ‘First Shaughnessy’ significant? ... the area between W.16th & King Edward, Arbutus & Oak, was originally developed by the CPR in 1907, & designed as the city’s most exclusive residential enclave, landscape & civil planning design based on the British “Garden City” + American “City Beautiful” movement influence ... an area of large estate lots, on curvilinear drives, with stone-wrought iron-hedgerows + lush landscaping ••• The century-year old trees define this heritage character neighbourhood, offering incredible broad shade canopy that anchors the district with regal establishment. Nothing speaks volumes about grace, elegance & longterm sense of permanence than beautiful massive mature trees. 🌳 🌳 🌳 ••• First Shaughnessy contains an array of #heritage buildings with distinct European - North American styles such as neo-Tudor, Federal Colonial, [Neo-Classical] and Arts & Crafts [aka Craftsman].” — Heritagevancouver.org ______________ * (some currently, unfortunately, are at peril /over 50 of its original 369 homes have already been lost to “modern faux-interpretation” replicants) ••• iPhone photos by @smallstudiodesign @christopherlylesmall ••• Shot #onlocation on Margarite St. btwn W. 33rd Ave.—King Edward Blvd. ••• #firstshaughnessy • #Shaughnessy • #treescape • #trees • #streettrees • #heritagevancouver • #smallstudiodesign • (at First Shaughnessy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIH86HLB0mK/?igshid=ahaxv8g9tnfo
