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Geometric mural in the basement of Vancouver City Hall

City Hall, Geometric mural

Last week I was at City Hall for public hearings. The issue is an urban planning fiasco that the B.C. provincial government is trying to force upon the City of Vancouver—a giant slot machine palace smack in the middle of the downtown core. Due to the crowd of opposers of this idiotic plan I had to wend my way to City Hall’s basement to find a bathroom, and that’s when I saw this cool mural from 1972. I don’t know who Graham Warrington is, but the fact that this mural hasn’t been painted over in 39 years suggests it’s now heritage, which is pleasing. Seeing it was a nice change from the disingenuous gambling industry presentations going on upstairs. Note: City Hall is being renovated, hence the mess.

City Hall, Geometric mural

Geometric mural, Vancouver City Hall basement

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4 Responses to “Geometric mural in the basement of Vancouver City Hall”

  1. CM McLellan Says:
    March 13th, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Thanks for this – it looks like a great mural. I’m wondering if the artist is Vancouver architectural photographer Graham Warrington…

  2. LB Says:
    March 13th, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    It must be! I’ll try and contact him.

  3. GW Says:
    February 18th, 2013 at 5:27 pm

    Hello,

    Thank you for posting these photos of my father’s mural. I too am still surprised that it is still there unmolested (hopefully it stays that way). It is indeed the work of architectural photographer Graham Warrington. He also did a mural at the Victoria airport, though I don’t know if it is still there.

    My father was considered one of Canada’s best architectural photographers. He documented the buildings of Canada’s most celebrated architects including Arthur Erikson.

    Graham died of cancer in 1998.

  4. LB Says:
    February 21st, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    GW,
    Wow, thanks for this! I love that mural and I hope it’s not removed. It’s been there this long… someone is taking care of it.
    Sorry to hear of the loss of your father.
    Do you have any links to his work – and has it been collected into a book? If you can point me to any materials I’d be grateful.
    Lindsay

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