The Cherry on Top

I've been in Vancouver long enough to remember when False Creek was a run-down industrial area. Then came Expo 86, followed by Li Ka-Shing, and the rest is real estate history. So when Concord Pacific staged some of their last remaining penthouse suites and asked me to take some photographs for the marketing material, it made me think about the remarkable transformation this area has enjoyed over the past 30 years.

The False Creek area is one of my favourite spots to shoot in the entire Lower Mainland. I have shot countless weddings, engagements, and portraits down there, not to mention literally hundreds of condos and townhouses. The turnover in real estate in this area has kept food on my table for many years. I now have an enormous database of building exteriors, gyms, saunas, party rooms, and views that I can draw upon whenever a new listing comes up in the neighbourhood.

These condos are right on the water on the North side of the Creek, beside the Cambie Street Bridge. Too bad it was overcast the day I was there, the views are some of the best I've ever seen!