98 VANMAG.COM MAY 2017
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BACK#vanmagturns50 For more vintage VanMag all year long,
follow us on Instagram at @vanmag_comFor Va nc o u v er magazine’s 50th year, we’re taking a look back through the archives and sharing a
few classic covers each month. Just like the city, we’ve changed a lot over the past few decades.There are plenty of restaurants on
our 2007 Restaurant Awards list that
have survived the decade and remain
at the top of their game and on our
list today (Kingyo, Cioppino’s, Vij’s
and Phnom Penh, to name a few),
but the number of excellent rooms
that are no longer with us (RIP Fuel
and Aurora) is a sobering reminder
about the volatility of the restaurant
industry; enjoy your favourites
while you can. Also in this issue: a
rallying cry for the then-devastated
Stanley Park and a former student’s
unnerving fi rst-person account of
a charming teacher who happened
to also be a sexual predator.May 2007
May 1970
McLean’s Guide was
one of many titles the
magazine had before
settling on Vancouver in
1976, and at this point, it
was just a digest of event
listings, with highlights
including the Canadian
Judo Championship, a
new play called There’s
a Girl in My Soup and
Reveen (“one of the
foremost hypnotists of our
time”) at the Orpheum.May 1976
It ’s hard to choose the
best bedroom from
this photo essay, but a
crochet-draped ceiling
and an 8x8 mirrored
headboard lose out to
the gold-velvet-enrobed
backseat sleeping
quarters of a 1976
Chevrolet van (additional
features include a heart-
shaped passage to the
front seat).May 1987
Rick Hansen graces the
cover here, but he gets
only two measly pages
inside. A fashion story on
swimwear shot at West
Edmonton Mall’s World
Water Park, however,
goes on for nine, featuring
pieces like a “reggae jazz
halter top and capri pant
in the wild and wonderful
colours of a Jamaican
sunset.”