History
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Restoring Heritage: The Ripple Effect
Have you ever noticed that once someone fixes up one house, the neighbouring houses quickly follow? Whether or not you agree with the “broken window...
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Save on Meats creates food currency for the DTES
Mark Brand, owner of the remodeled Save on Meats in the DTES, has teamed up with Village&Co to help feed the homeless over the winter months. Brand...
By Eve Lazarus -
Sensational Victoria
Ever stood in front of an old house and wondered what went on inside those walls? Who lived there, how they lived their lives and what events happened...
By Eve Lazarus -
Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians
Author: Tom Hawthorn, Harbour Publishing, October 2012 As a journalist it always fascinates me where my colleagues find their passions. For me, it’s how...
By Eve Lazarus -
Book Launch: Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts & Gardens by Eve Lazarus
Anvil Press Publishers is proud to announce the publication of Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts & Gardens By Eve...
By Spacing -
Book Review | The Prehistory of Home
Author: Jerry D. Moore (University of California Press, 2012) Home. The word evokes countless mental images, feelings and emotions. Yet, as we go about...
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The Story of Brock House
I’m a huge fan of Samuel Maclure, a BC-born architect with an incredible design range. Maclure designed almost 500 houses in his 40-year career including...
By Eve Lazarus -
VHF’s Places that Matter: Walter and Mary Lee Chan House—November 3rd
Join Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Places That Matter plaque presentations this Saturday November 3rd at 3:30pm in front of Walter and Mary Lee Chan’s...
By Yuri Artibise -
Reception at the Baldwin Residence – West Vancouver Museum
Reception at the Baldwin Residence (1965) DATE: November 14, 7 – 9 p.m. ADMISSION: For tickets, please call 604 925 7270 with a program code 864368...
By Spacing -
Stan Douglas – Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971
I wasn’t interested in the image conveying a single message. I was more interested in facilitating a conversation between people about a historical...
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Join VHF for 3 VHF Places That Matter presentations this week!
Join the Vancouver Heritage Foundation this week for 4 Places That Matter plaque presentations around the city! Saturday, October 13th from 2-4pm are 2...
By Spacing -
North Shore Corner Stores
I wrote about Andrews on 8th in North Vancouver earlier this summer. It was once a corner store, now thanks to its owner Brad Hodson, the 1912 “blueâ€...
By Eve Lazarus