{"id":291,"date":"2024-05-29T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/?p=291"},"modified":"2024-05-29T18:51:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T18:51:44","slug":"the-lost-souls-of-gastown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/2024\/05\/29\/the-lost-souls-of-gastown\/","title":{"rendered":"The lost souls of Gastown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DISCOVER THE EERIE HISTORY OF VANCOUVER\u2019S OLDEST NEIGHBOURHOOD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Logo.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Logo.png.webp 354w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Logo.png-300x81.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gastown-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gastown-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gastown-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gastown-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gastown-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gastown.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the lamplight of your guide into Vancouver\u2019s earliest and most gruesome history. You\u2019ll step inside a world of murder, revenge, and true grit in a dramatic retelling of Victorian Gastown\u2019s earliest stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tales of deadly fire and smallpox emerge from the shadows as you venture through cobblestone streets to the shocking finale in this unique performance-theatre experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FV-Website-banner-4.png-1024x326.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FV-Website-banner-4.png-1024x326.webp 1024w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FV-Website-banner-4.png-300x96.webp 300w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FV-Website-banner-4.png-768x245.webp 768w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FV-Website-banner-4.png-1536x489.webp 1536w, https:\/\/jrodriguez.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/wordpress-workshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FV-Website-banner-4.png.webp 1630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[By Will Woods \u2013 Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours\u2019 Founder]&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours stages walking tours and special events that celebrate Vancouver history. We tell the stories that don\u2019t make it onto the tour buses, tales of crime, corruption, and sin. As notorious former mayor L.D. Taylor once said\u2026\u201dWe\u2019re a port city. This ain\u2019t no Sunday School town!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours: Meet The Founder\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JpNfGMbMi8s?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our experiences all take place on the unceded ancestral territories of the x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam), S\u1e35wx\u0331w\u00fa7mesh (Squamish), and s\u0259lilw\u0259ta\u026c (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. It\u2019s an honour to live and work in this beautiful city, framed by mountains and ocean, even if we do enjoy digging up the dirt on its past. And we\u2019re honoured to practice storytelling, a tradition practiced by indigenous people on this land for millennia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company started as a daydream. Rewind to 2011 and I\u2019d been working a corporate job downtown, dreaming of ways to combine my twin passions of history and theatre into a viable business. I was really inspired by two other companies: Underground Seattle and the Edinburgh Ghost Tours \u2013 both of whom do a fantastic job of bringing their city\u2019s histories to life. I figured Vancouver needed something similar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So with the encouragement of my incredible (and very understanding!) wife I enrolled in acting school, immersed myself morning, noon, and night at the Vancouver Archives, and set about building a walking tour company. The first tour was for a group of whiskey enthusiasts in February 2012, and I knew my path was set!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I love showing people Vancouver and the city\u2019s unique history just as much as I did on that first day (albeit with a few less nerves these days!). I feel very lucky and honoured to have found a career that allows me to indulge my own interests, and to have met so many interesting people along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast-forward to today and Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours has a team of eighteen guides \u2013 some of the nicest, most passionate, and most creative people I\u2019ve ever had the pleasure to know. Together, we\u2019ve run well over a thousand walking tours, held special events in some of the city\u2019s most famous venues like the Penthouse and the Commodore Ballroom, staged a sold-out Christmas play, and launched sister company Vancouver Mysteries &#8211;&nbsp;now owned and operated by former Forbidden Vancouver storyteller Tanya Bennett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve got big plans for the future and more ideas on the hopper than you can shake a stick at. 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As featured by the CBC, Vancouver Sun, BBC, Sunday Times, and Daily Hive. We\u2019ve received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence every year 2012-2023 and we\u2019re winners of the City of Vancouver Heritage Award Medal of Honour!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to know more about Forbidden Vancouver:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forbiddenvancouver.ca\/vancouver-walking-tour\/\">https:\/\/forbiddenvancouver.ca\/vancouver-walking-tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e4bf08c0c0f472247d0ac7dc35657741cfbf669295a706bb0977181dbdaab7e?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e4bf08c0c0f472247d0ac7dc35657741cfbf669295a706bb0977181dbdaab7e?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">Jose Hernandez<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISCOVER THE EERIE HISTORY OF VANCOUVER\u2019S OLDEST NEIGHBOURHOOD Follow the lamplight of your guide into Vancouver\u2019s earliest and most gruesome history. 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