‘hole in bottom’ sculptural remnants, soon to be obliterated, at Prior and Station Streets below the shores of north-western Skwácháy̓s – still underwater: Aesthetic interventions as investigations into land theft, ecosystem erasure, real estate speculation, sea level rise, hazards & resurgence for the Skwácháy̓s / False Creek Flats neighbourhood of central Vancouver part of the unceded and overlapping territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

Looking south from Prior Street just east of Station Street, we can see the depths of once
was the north-west of historic Skwácháy̓s. Until recently the site of an early twentieth-
century warehouse, this expanse is part of the construction site for the north-western portion of the new St. Paul’s Hospital that broke ground this week. The sites on the
other side of the fence were part of the historic tidal flats with much of the area
portrayed across the horizon, largely marine inlet. Where this image was taken was
roughly along the east shore of the point that connected north to Chinatown and
that extended south to Thornton Park and the location of the 1916-17 national train
station that still operates today. South of this point was a passage of water called
KIWAHUSKS (‘two points opposite’). Much of this area is below sea level or will be
in the coming decades as marine intrusion intensifies. 2021 March 11 * P3A9885

Looking east from Station Street just south of Prior Street, we can see the low-tide line of what was once was the north-west shore of historic Skwácháy̓s. Until recently the site of an early twentieth-century warehouse, This expanse is part of the construction site for the north-western portion of the new St. Paul’s Hospital that broke ground this week. Where
this image was taken was roughly along the east shore of the point that connected north
to Chinatown and that extended south to Thornton Park and the location of the 1916-17 national train station that still operates today. South of this point was a passage of water called KIWAHUSKS (‘two points opposite’). Much of this area is below sea level or will be
in the coming decades as marine intrusion intensifies. 2021 March 11 * E 1P3A9873

Looking east from Station Street just south of Prior Street, we can see signs of ongoing
saltwater intrusion near the low-tide line of what was once was the north-west shore
of historic Skwácháy̓s. Until recently the site of an early twentieth-century warehouse,
this expanse is part of the construction site for the north-western portion of the new
St. Paul’s Hospital that broke ground this week. Where this image was taken was
roughly along the east shore of the point that connected north to Chinatown and that extended south to Thornton Park and the location of the 1916-17 national train
station that still operates today. South of this point was a passage of water called
KIWAHUSKS (‘two points opposite’). Much of this area is below sea level or will be
in the coming decades as marine intrusion intensifies. 2021 March 11 * 1P3A9876

Looking south from Prior Street just east of Station Street, we can see the depths of
once was the north-west of historic Skwácháy̓s. Until recently the site of an
early twentieth-century warehouse, this expanse is part of the construction site
for the north-western portion of the new St. Paul’s Hospital that broke ground this
week. The sites on the other side of the fence were part of the historic tidal
flats with much of the area portrayed across the horizon, largely marine
inlet. Where this image was taken was roughly along the east shore of the
point that connected north to Chinatown and that extended south to
Thornton Park and the location of the 1916-17 national train station that
still operates today. South of this point was a passage of water called
KIWAHUSKS (‘two points opposite’). Much of this area is below sea level or will be
in the coming decades as marine intrusion intensifies. 2021 March 11 * 1P3A9890

Looking east from Station Street just south of Prior Street, we can see a marker that
is roughly on the site of the low-tide mark below the north-western shore of historic Skwácháy̓s. Until recently the site of an early twentieth-century warehouse, this
expanse is part of the construction site for the north-western portion of the new St.
Paul’s Hospital that broke ground this week. The sites on the other side of the fence
were part of the historic tidal flats with much of the area portrayed across the horizon,
largely marine inlet. Where this image was taken was roughly along the east shore of
the point that connected north to Chinatown and that extended south to Thornton
Park and the location of the 1916-17 national train station that still operates today.
South of this point was a passage of water called KIWAHUSKS (‘two points opposite’).
Much of this area is below sea level or will be in the coming decades as marine
intrusion intensifies. 2021 March 11 * 1P3A9900

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