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Release: Heritage Vancouver presents – A Planning Tour of Vancouver’s West End

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A couple of old homes on Comox Street in the West End. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

Join Gordon Price, Director of the City Program at SFU, for a planning tour of Vancouver’s West End. The West End reveals about eight different architectural stages, from fine wooden mansions to functional wooden walk-ups, not to mention more highrise towers than any other neighbourhood in Canada.  But how did it all come about and why?

Gordon Price explains some of the planning theory and trends that shaped the West End and some of the lessons to be learned.

DATE: Saturday, September 17th
LOCATION: Tour will begin at Barclay Heritage Square, Rain or Shine
TIME: 10am to 12pm
COST: $10 Heritage Vancouver members; $15 non-members

Ticket purchase at the Heritage Vancouver website.

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