Well! After seeing a couple of early SkyTrain drawings, Buzzer pal Jason Vanderhill went in search of the artist… and found Ron Love, a longtime architectural illustrator in Vancouver!

Ron was kind enough to let Jason take some photos of his early SkyTrain works, and Jason was kind enough to share with us here at the Buzzer :) Above is an early concept of the SkyTrain station environment: imagine what might have been at Waterfront!

And here is a SkyTrain photopainting—an illustration done over an existing photograph to show what the guideways might look like. Wow!

Jason also sent along a very early rendering by Ron from 1972, perhaps one of his earliest in Vancouver, featuring a mall complex near Denman. Not really SkyTrain related, but Jason pointed out “the very charming split window trolley in the bottom right hand corner of the drawing.”

What a fascinating glimpse at a Vancouver that might have been — thank you very much to Ron and Jason for sharing!