A walk around Granville Island

Granville Island is a favourite place of mine to stroll around on a rainy day in Vancouver.  To be clear, it is great in good weather too but when it is wet the industrial-artistic buildings, galleries and walkways reveal beautiful details.  The wood gleams, the rusty browns and reds in weathered metal become deeply saturated and the blooming flowers of mid-March glow despite the grey skies.

When I used to live in Vancouver I would head down to the market on the island regularly.  When dark clouds greeted us one morning during a visit my friend Jack and I made to Vancouver in March, my memories of Granville in the rain came back and it was fun to wander around there once more.

Eventually we did head into the market for a little while.  The food was, as usual, incredible and we walked out with several bags of fruit as a temporary keepsake from the morning.

I didn’t buy any fish but I did ask the gentlemen presiding over the chilly group below if I could photograph.  The rough, inconsistent pattern caught my eye.

All of the morning’s hard work built up a thirst so we stopped by the Granville Island Brewery’s Taproom.  These lightbulbs looked like they were from someone’s Steampunk dream and I was compelled to ask a couple if I could lean over next to them in order to grab a quick shot.

On the way out of the maze of buildings, this metal rail contraption drew my attention.  It wasn’t in motion, I’m not even sure that there was anything that did move, but it was really cool.

A little earlier, I had really enjoyed the metal construction art at the entrance to the Ocean Concrete yard along the island’s waterfront facing the inlet.  The two pieces seemed like distant cousins with the house suggesting a slightly more inviting alternate reality.  It is a very cool place where even a concrete company gets into the artistic vibe.

Another great tour through Granville Island.  I’m looking forward to the next one, rain or shine.