Circa 1980 — This simple picture of seamen washing the hull of a freighter tied up at a Vancouver dock would be very hard to take now as the docks have been behind barbed wire and armed guards since 9/11. Before that it was easy for a photographer to drive onto the docks and look for pictures. I even remember wandering about the deck of a ship just because the gangplank was down and the crew was friendly.
One of our favourite restaurants, The Cannery, was victim of 9/11 too. It was a great restaurant and had views from the dockyards which was unusual. Susan and Chris, I know you loved this place too!
I'm really interested in getting to Greg Girard's current photo exhibit, "Under Vancouver 1972-1982". There seem to be a lot of photos of the "working waterfront". He also laments this lack of access now and how things have changed. John saw the exhibit and quite liked it....a darker Fred Herzog. Interesting article and interview.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/greg-girard-vancouver-photographs-1.4114262
