by Andrew Morrison | As a summer project, my eldest son James and I have been walking around the city with a copy of Fred Herzog Photographs (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011) and trying to shoot the exact locations where the master framed up his most iconic shots. It’s a book that we both love because a lot of the pictures were taken really close to our house in Strathcona and all around the Downtown Eastside. Because of our familiarity with the territory, most of the locations have been easy to pick out. Others are proving far more difficult because much of what was once there is no more. Truly, working on this has really brought home how dramatic the changes to this city have been over the last 50-60 years. And yet, in some places, it’s uncanny how it has remained largely the same. There’s plenty of summer left and a lot more Herzog haunts to explore, so expect the gallery below – complete with higher resolution side-by-sides and descriptive captions – to expand.

The southeast corner of Hastings & Columbia

Save On Meats on Hastings Street

Main & Alexander (long before the arrival of the building that now houses Deacon's Corner)

This shot at Main & Union clearly depicts the 1947 Murrin Substation, so it was pretty easy to frame up.

This is the northwest corner of Hastings and Main, looking westwards down Hastings

On Granville just south of Robson, looking south

Corner of Robson and Granville, looking south

Granville and Georgia

Pender just east of Carrall in Chinatown, looking east

1037 Robson Street. Wow!

369 Powell St. just off Oppenheimer Park