History
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Adaptive Re-Use: The Joy of Re-purposed Buildings
VHF would like to thank this post’s guest writer, Marta Farevaag – Urban Planner. In Vancouver, our residential neighbourhoods are strikingly...
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Vaudeville Vancouver: An Interview with Tom Carter
For Tom Carter – an artist and entertainment historian with a penchant for Vancouver’s lost theatre district – an essential piece of heritage...
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New Welcome Centre: A Potential Poster-Child for Housing Refugees
According to the Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (ISSBC), between 2009 and 2013, a total 8,319 refugees arrived in British Columbia. This...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Video Vancouver: Circa 1948
Via SFU Woodward’s Circa 1948 is a groundbreaking and immersive interactive storyworld co-created by the National Film Board of Canada‘s...
By Yuri Artibise -
Modernist Vancouver: The Award-Winning Buildings of the Post-War Era
While Modernism began as early as the late 1910s and early 1920s, the period after World War II gave a major push in ideology and material development...
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Adaptive Re-Use through “Loft-Style Living”
With tall ceilings, open floor plans by Epoxy floors nyc and often large windows it is not hard to see why people are drawn to loft-style apartments. The...
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A Made-in-Vancouver Experience: The Vancouver Special
“There’s a shared sense of experience that comes from living in a Vancouver Special that’s uniquely Vancouver and that cuts across so many diverse...
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Video Vancouver: To Build a Better City (1964)
A 1964 City of Vancouver/CMHC film There was a time when old poor neighbourhoods were considered an urban blight and needed to be razed to make way for...
By Yuri Artibise -
Main Streets: At the Heart of Vancouver’s Communities
Main streets enliven downtowns everywhere. The mix of public spaces with a diverse array of heritage buildings and new developments house cafés, theatres...
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EVENT: Sensational Vancouver at Lynn Valley Library
WHEN: February 11, 7:00 p.m. WHERE: Lynn Valley Library: 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver ADMISSION: Register for this free event at 604-984-0286...
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EVENTS – Restoring Community: Documentary and Discussion of Sustainability, Heritage and Community
WHEN: Wednesday, February 4, 6:30 – 8 pm WHERE: Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street ADMISSION: Tickets $12/ $8 with valid student ID, you can purchase...
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EVENT: Vancouver Historical Society Christmas Book Sale, Nov. 27
Vancouver Historical Society’s Christmas book sale DATE: Thursday, November 27 TIME: Starts at 6:30pm, speaker at 7:30pm LOCATION: Museum of Vancouver...
By Spacing