{"id":2262,"date":"2015-12-27T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T19:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2015-12-27T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T19:20:38","slug":"empty-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.johnbentley.ca\/?p=2262","title":{"rendered":"Empty Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunrise, Christmas morning. I looked outside to see a touch of blue in the dark sky, and the promise of a sunny day ahead. I remembered a story about a photographer who shoots downtown streets at dawn on Christmas morning. He figured that there are fewer cars on the road then than at any other time of the year. So I jumped in my car and headed over the Burrard Street Bridge to confirm that theory. Sure enough, I had just about every street to myself, apart from the occasional cab and a handful of committed joggers and dog walkers. I can park anywhere. Jaywalk as I please. Stand in the middle of intersections with impunity. So this is what it feels like to be the last man on earth.<\/p>\n

\"Burrard<\/a>
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\n\"1J6A0238\"<\/a>
\n\"1J6A0239\"<\/a>
\n\"1J6A0240\"<\/a>
\n\"1J6A0241\"<\/a>
\n\"Georgia<\/a>
\n\"Lions<\/a><\/p>\n

When the sun finally came up I headed to the overpass on the Stanley Park Causeway to see how the day looked from one of my all-time favourite views in the city. The clouds parted and gave me a glimpse of the North Shore mountains, then closed for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

\"Vancouver\"<\/a>\"Vancouver\"<\/a>\"Vancouver\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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