More on Building the Canada Line
I may seem a little Canada Line-obsessed at the moment, but I thought this video was too cool to pass up. My friend Eric works on the Canada Line project, and writes:
My co-worker Colin is a film maker, and a good one at that. He has two movies that have been accepted into the Sundance film festival coming up in January. As a Christmas gift, he put together a couple of shots of our work-site for the Costa Ricans to show their families the project and the city.
And here it is. I especially like the stop-motion bits:
That made me pine for home a little.
UPDATE: Link to video is now fixed.
December 20th, 2007 at 7:01 am
[…] Darren Barefoot points out a video about the construction of the new Canada Line rapid transit system that is going on right now under the streets of Vancouver, BC. The video is an interesting look at the underground construction project as well as our city in general. He has some great shots and it is worth the 3 minutes to watch it. […]
December 20th, 2007 at 10:15 am
I like the shamelessly gratuitous single shot of a girl in a bikini walking down the street. They should, however, replace it with a time-lapse of “Going Out Of Business” signs going up on Cambie Street businesses…
December 20th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
It looks like the video has been removed from YouTube. Too bad.
December 20th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I think it will be back soon. Apparently there was a spelling mistake that is being corrected.