History

100 Years Ago Today: Grandview Theatre Opens

On February 12th, 1912, Thomas Shiels opened the Grandview Theatre movie house at 1712 Commercial. It is the white-arched building in the middle of this...

Release: Heritage Week Theme Celebrates Energy and Power

  Heritage Week 2012 – running February 20-26 – celebrates the theme of “Energy: a Powerful Past, a Sustainable Future”.   From the earliest...

Release: Encyclopedia of Commercial Drive by Jak King is available!

The physical environment, the streets and buildings, are important elements of the Commercial Drive neighbourhood, but they cannot compete in importance...

Voices of Grandview-Woodlands

How well can you really know any neighbourhood? Yes, one can recite the history, the dates and times of developments, the influx of immigrants and the...

Vancouver’s Love-Hate Relationship with Neon

The history of neon in Vancouver reflects the history of the city itself. Neon first symbolized Vancouver’s arrival as a booming metropolis in the 1920s...

Video Vancouver: Childhood Days

My Grandview: A Walking Tour with Michael Kluckner

Join Heritage Vancouver first President Michael Kluckner for a unique look at Vancouver Grandview neighbourhood. You will roam through the blocks between...

Critical Mass 20th anniversary book – call for submissions

When writer and community organizer Chris Carlsson proposed that the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) start a group ride home together on the last...

Baron Gallery: Walking tour of Gastown with John Atkin

As part of the Intersections- Historical, Architectural Paintings of Vancouver Exhibition featuring paintings by Tom Carter at the Baron Gallery, you are...

The Viaducts: Past, Present and Future – Part 1

This is the first part of a series – in tandem with In Focus photo essays – looking at the past, present and future of the Georgia and...

A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1985

1985 saw Rick Hanson’s epic around-the-world Man in Motion tour begin from Oakridge Mall. It also marked the opening of  of Skytrain Expo Line and the...

A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1984

Pope John Paul II in Vancouver. Photo courtesy of Joe Marquette This year saw the well-received arrival of Pope John Paul II – his first visit to...