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\u2026 this<\/a> is the exact path I walk whenever I go to the Fifth Avenue Cinema (except I don\u2019t walk around the far side of our apartment building; I cut through the courtyard). The walk across the Burrard Street Bridge is especially nice; it\u2019s much better than the Granville Street Bridge, which doesn\u2019t \u201cfeel\u201d so sturdy or secure.<\/p>\n

\u2026 this<\/a> is pretty much the path I walk whenever I go to the Granville or Capitol theatres (which are across the street from each other).<\/p>\n

\u2026 this<\/a> is how closely I live to the Pacific Cinematheque (obviously, I don\u2019t make the loop around the block that is depicted here, which I guess a car would have to make).<\/p>\n

\u2026 and this<\/a> is definitely not<\/i> the path I take whenever I walk to the Cinemark Tinseltown theatre \u2014 I prefer something more zig-zaggy \u2014 but the image at least gives you an idea of the distance. The Tinseltown, by the way, is currently the only theatre in the downtown area that has stadium-style seating, and it is also the only first-run theatre in the downtown area that is not owned (in whole or part) by either Famous Players or Cineplex Odeon.<\/p>\n

All of these theatres are within a half-hour\u2019s walk from my place, and it is fairly rare that I have to go any further afield for a press or preview screening. The one major exception is the SilverCity Metropolis theatre in Burnaby, which is the nearest stadium-style theatre to Vancouver that is run by one of the two main Canadian theatre chains. But to get to this theatre, I have to hop on a SkyTrain, and while this<\/a> set of directions obviously does not follow the public-transit route that I take to get there, the image does at least give a sense of the distance involved.<\/p>\n

With any luck, though, my trips to Burnaby may soon be a thing of the past! Famous Players is opening the brand-new Paramount Theatre on the corner of Burrard and Smithe in just a week or two, and that\u2019s just four blocks away! Hopefully it will have all the accoutrements that the SilverCity has.<\/p>\n

JUNE 21 UPDATE: And now, this<\/a> is the route from my place to the Paramount \u2014 though I usually cut straight through the courtyard to Burrard and walk straight down the one street.<\/p>\n

AUG 21 UPDATE: I have changed the links to take advantage of the new \u201chybrid\u201d feature, which gives street names to satellite images.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"