History
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Book Review From The Stacks – The Skytrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every Station
John Atkin (Steller Press Ltd., 2005) Everything is walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright, Comedian and Actor This is how Vancouver...
By Laura Kozak -
Lightworks: A Precedent for Preserving Vancouver’s Industrial Heritage?
We’ve all read the stories about Vancouver’s disregard for heritage homes, about the frequent demolition of gorgeous character houses to make way for...
By brentsawchyn -
VIDEO: Vancouver’s Three Cities
The Vancouver of today is actually an amalgamation of three cities. Their distinctive cultures survive today. This video has some highlights of this...
By Yuri Artibise -
Industrial Magic
What should we do with urban industrial lands? Many that live within rapidly growing cities may argue that this question is extremely dated. Irrelevant...
By Erick Villagomez -
Shaping Vancouver 2016 – What Is The Vision For Chinatown?
Vancouver’s Chinatown is Canada’s largest and encompasses an ethnic mix of different demographics along with many century-old heritage...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Case Study: Harmonizing Character with a Modern Laneway House
Laneway housing can be a positive tool in heritage preservation. When built behind an existing residence as a method of adding density without demolition...
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EVENT: Vancouver Historical Society talk at MOV, Sept. 22
This Thursday September 22 at 7:30pm, author/artist Michael Kluckner presents an illustrated talk titled Selling Bread to Housewives in the 1920s. The...
By Spacing -
Selling Bread to Housewives in the 1920s
On a sunny day in East Vancouver in 2011, the new owners of a 1922 building were renovating the ground floor into what is today the Via Tevere Pizzeria...
By Madeleine de Trenqualye -
Event: History Talk at West Vancouver Memorial Library, Sept. 14th
Local author Eve Lazarus presents an illustrated talk based on her #1 BC bestseller Sensational Vancouver at the West Vancouver Memorial Library September...
By Spacing -
Video Vancouver: West End 66
West End 66 (excerpts), B&W, 1966 by scottvbc West End 66 was produced for the CBUT ( CBC Vancouver) program Camera West. This visual tour (with a...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Better Governance Model for Cities
Canadian cities were established 150 years ago with a very simple structure. Returning to established principles of good government could lead us to...
By Yuri Artibise -
Touring Downtown Vancouver
The Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) is a professional self-regulatory body for the architectural community, that has public outreach...
By Fausto