History

The Arts and Crafts Movement in Early Vancouver

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By Jim Wolf for Vancouver Heritage Foundation The Arts and Crafts movement in Vancouver has left a rich legacy that is expressed in... Read More

Event: Heritage Vancouver – Shaping Vancouver 2018 Conversation #1, May 10

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Shaping Vancouver 2018 Conversation 1: The Complexity of Places – The Heather Street Lands May 10th, 2018 7-9pm... Read More

Book Review: The Urban Revolution

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Author: Henri Lefebvre, foreword by Neil Smith, Translated by Robert Bononno (University of Minnesota Press, 2003) The concept of the... Read More

Lore Krill – A Tale of Two Co-operative Housing Projects

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Housing co-ops can encompass the closest form to a successful and authentic mixed-income concept. Co-ops allow the creation of high... Read More

EVENT – Eve Lazarus presents Canada’s Sherlock Holmes, Thursday March 22

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When: Thursday March 22, 7:30 p.m. Where: The Vancouver Historical Society at the Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut... Read More

Saving History: the life’s work of Inspector Vance, Vancouver’s first forensic investigator

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In July 2016, several large cardboard boxes filled with photographs, clippings, forensic samples, and case notes predating 1950, and... Read More

Book Review – Sustenance: Writers from BC and Beyond on the Subject of Food

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Editor: Rachel Rose (Anvil Press, 2017) Sustenance, edited by Poet Laureate of Vancouver Rachel Rose is a compilation of 231 short... Read More

RELEASE: Pauline Johnson’s ‘Legends of Vancouver’ – online map and guide

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The website ‘Legends of Vancouver’, is an online map and virtual self-guided walking tour of First Nation legends in downtown... Read More

The Death and Life of the Single-Family House

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When experts try to explain how Vancouver’s history has impacted its housing crisis, they often point to Expo 86 as ground zero. But... Read More