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Sweet Success: The Legacy of the Rogers Family (Part One)
VHF would like to thank guest writer, Donald Luxton for this post. Donald is a Heritage Consultant and Principal at Luxton & Associates Inc. He also...
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What does the future hold for Vancouver’s Chinatown?
In 2014, the City of Vancouver announced a three-year, $2.5 million grant program to provide critical upgrades to Chinatown’s historic clan and society...
By Madeleine de Trenqualye -
Visual Thoughts #62
Last VT image: Alice Lake – Squamish, BC. *** Erick Villagomez is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He is also an educator...
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Book Review: Now I Sit Me Down
Author: Witold Rybczynski (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) Following in the lineage of his acclaimed works Home: A Short History of an Idea (1986) and...
By Laura Kozak -
Book Review—Palazzos of Power: Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930
Author: Joseph E. Elliott and Aaron V. Wunsch (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) “If it isn’t Electric, it isn’t Modern” proclaimed the Philadelphia...
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Event: HVS Shaping Vancouver 2017 Conversation #2, May 11th
Shaping Vancouver 2017: Undefined Heritage – Diversity, Inclusivity and Understanding WHEN: May 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm WHERE: Djavad...
By Spacing -
The Beginning of the Vancouver Special Revolution
It’s important to keep pre-existing buildings until they have outlived their usefulness. This makes sense economically, environmentally and culturally...
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Metro Vancouver Speaks: A New Podcast Lets Residents Tell Their Stories
Looking for a new podcast in your life? How about one with a local flavour? In “The Strait and Narrows” – an exciting new six-episode podcast series ...
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Events: London Heritage Farm Plant Sale, May 13/14
London Heritage Farm is having its 11th Annual Plant Sale this May 13 & 14, 10am-4pm. Experience the breathtaking nature of Steveston and walk through...
By Spacing -
EVENT: Shaping Vancouver 2017, Conversation #1, March 23rd
Shaping Vancouver 2017:ReShaping Conversations on Heritage Conversation #1: The Future of Heritage in Vancouver- What the New Thematic Framework Means for...
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Release: Full-Tea and History of early Farmers in BC at London Heritage Farm
With Canada celebrating its 150th birthday this year, heritage sites are an resourceful way to discover and revive the history of early settlement life in...
By Spacing -
Book Review – The Last Gang in Town
Author: Aaron Chapman (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016) Those who love and study Vancouver know how quickly it transforms through redevelopment, displacement...
By Vanessa Kay