Courtesy of Judy Bishop, a long-time Vancouver area technology marketing executive, and now apparently another one of those maddening people with “the best job in the world” (our take, anyways — she takes photographs for Getty Images).

Bishop recently found a special perspective on a building that, if you happen to spend any time in the wind channel tucked between the West End and Coal Harbour, you’ve seen a million times…but maybe you’ve never seen it like this.

I recall a slightly…different-looking building. Twenty years ago, much like The Empress in Victoria, or the original Hotel Georgia, The Banff was a stuffy, awkward building with oddly-angled spaces. It also had quite a bit of deep green trim that gave it a squat, impermeable look.

I visited it a few times prior to a terrible fire in 2002, which then led to a major restoration. Now, it appears quite beautiful (yes, even from ground level). And no doubt, it is once again a desirable place to live.

Thanks to Peter Ladner for the tip.