History
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Invitation to Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Lions Gate Bridge
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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...
By Aaron Cheng -
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...
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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...
By Yuri Artibise -
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...
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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...
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Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: First Gas Station Invitation
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Earthwalks Vancouver 2013—June and July 2013
Back by popular demand! False Creek Watershed Society has partnered with Village Vancouver to offer a series of “Earth Walks”. We live in the city of...
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Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Science World- Expo Legacy Invitation
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Video Vancouver: SkyTrain – SkyWay
To 27 years of service. Here’s to another 27 more.
By Caroline Toth -
Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter: Invitation to Save On Meats
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Vancouver Transit: The Era of Street Cars
Vancouver is a rapidly growing city with increasing demand for more efficient, more reliable public transit. Since the success of a temporary street car...
By Vancouver Heritage Foundation