Theatre Row Night and Day is a pair of paintings depicting Vancouverʼs Theatre Row -
Granville St. at Smithe, based on a photo taken in 1940. As theyʼre identical views, itʼs
interesting to compare a quiet, bright snowy winter morning versus the activity of a
autumn evening, with the hustle and bustle of theatre traffic. These two would make a
splendid pair framed identically and displayed together, inviting comparison.
At this time the Orpheum still had its 1927 lightbulb sign, to be replaced by the current
neon sign in 1948.

Atop the Vancouver Block clock tower in the distance was a neon Union 76 sign,
replaced by a Shell Oil logo by the late 1940s. This in turn was replaced in the ʻ60s with
a sign from B/A Oil - the final sign being Birks in the the 1970s,
Just past the Orpheum is the rotating blade neon sign of the Commodore - gone by the
1950s but soon to return, replicated as part of the current development proposal to
restore the Commodore and bridge a new building over it