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VANCOUVER WOULD BE COOLER IF #205: Water Street Was Covered With Umbrellas

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(via) Portuguese design firm Studio Ivotavares are in the midst of repeating the cool trick they pulled off last year in the town of Aguedo. For all of July, a shopping street has been given a shading canopy of coloured umbrellas. Close your eyes and imagine these lovelies hanging over Gastown’s Water Street all the way from Carrall to Abbott. Also, it rains here, so… Photos by Patricia Almeida.

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