History

“Earthwalks Vancouver” July/August/September 2013

Back by popular demand! False Creek Watershed Society has once again partnered with Village Vancouver to offer a series of “Earth Walks”. We live in the...

VHF 2013 Mid-Century Modern Tour, August 17th

MID-CENTURY MODERN HOUSE TOUR DATE: Saturday August 17, 2013 TIME: 12 noon – 5 pm followed by a wine & cheese reception ADMISSION: $85 for self-guided...

West Coast Modernism: Showing Vancouver some Mid-Century Love

Starting in the late 1940’s after years of war and economic struggle, the appearance of the North American family home began to change. Post war...

Book Review – Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Ghosts and Gardens

Author: Eve Lazarus (Anvil Press, 2012) I’m a sucker for local history books. Whenever I travel I try and find a book store or museum gift shop to look...

HVS Walking Tour: Granville Street’s 800 to 1200 Blocks, July 20th

Location: Meet outside Starbuck’s Coffee at Georgia & Granville (next to London Drugs). Time: Saturday, July 20th 10am – 12 pm Admission: $15.00...

Vancouver’s True Colours: Inspired by Nature

Vancouver’s architecture and art often respond to the natural environment that surrounds us. For every one of us who lives here, it is not hard to...

Invitation to Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Lions Gate Bridge

Cartographically Speaking: Mapping Neighbourhood Character Buildings

The buildings in a city give it character and form. They stand as the structures that produce personal recollections of a streets and neighbourhoods. In...

Sense of Place: Why Does Heritage Matter?

If you read our blogs, or visit our webpage, you will notice that VHF likes to use the phrase “sense of place”. What exactly does that mean? Simply put...

Video Vancouver: Why don’t we do it in the Road?

A lyrical portrait of one of London’s most peculiar tourist attractions – a humble pedestrian crossing in  St John’s Wood. But this isn’t any...

Photographer Takes Millions of Images, Documenting Vancouver Street Life

“I only shoot people who look like they want their picture taken” – Foncie Pulice Before we had smart phones to capture spontaneous moments of human...

Cartographically Speaking: Commercial Drive Business Development,1900-1999

Those who have followed my cartographic adventures, know that I consider graphs, charts, diagrams, etc. an extension of mapping. Edward Tufte uses the...