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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Now & Then: First Baptist Church in 1912 and 2020

Soon a 60-storey high-rise will tower above the little church
First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church in downtown Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­on Burrard Street, now and then.

More than a century separates these two photographs, and the at 969 Burrard St looks as good as it ever did.

Soon a 60-storey megatower will rise above it, right where the Hobbit House used to be.

First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church in downtown Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­on Burrard Street, now and then. 1912 image from the City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives/2020 image by John Bentley

John Bentley is an architectural photographer who has photographed the inside and outside of thousands of buildings around Vancouver. Using images from the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives he offers a glimpse of the past and present on his site .