Vancouver · Hotel shot
Sylvia Hotel
Ivy-covered West End hotel facade with neon signage — a strong BCTonight-style city shot.
Great BC shots, linked to the spot
A simple photo section for visitor shots: each photo gets a city, place name and anchor link, so a hotel/venue listing can point to its photos and the photo can point back to the hotel, city guide or official page.
How photo linking works
- Each place gets a simple slug, like
sylvia-hotel. - The photo wall has an anchor:
/photos.html#sylvia-hotel. - Hotel, restaurant, market and venue listings can add a small “photos” link to that anchor.
- Future backend: approved uploads can auto-tag by city/place and feed both the photo wall and the listing page.
Keep it simple
No complicated app needed for launch. Start with curated photos, place anchors and a submission form. Later we can add real uploads, moderation, EXIF stripping, accounts and searchable galleries.
Vancouver photo wall
First photo: the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver’s West End, from Chris/user submission.
Add your shot
Send a BC city photo, hotel/venue/market name, caption, photographer credit and rights confirmation. For now this form previews locally only; real public upload/publishing needs an admin backend.
Future “photo tied to spot” upgrade
When a backend is added, each photo can store: city, place slug, official place URL, photographer, caption, tags and approval status. Then every hotel/venue page can pull matching approved photos automatically.
Original BCTonight city video feel
The homepage now uses a slow Ken Burns-style Vancouver skyline loop from the recovered BCTonight image. If we find the original timelapse video file later, it can replace the animated image without changing the site structure.