History
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On This Patch of Grass: An Interview with Matt Hern, Daisy Couture, Selena Couture, and Sadie Couture
Parks are an important part of the contemporary city. Yet, the fact that parks are so common place makes critically discussion around them increasingly...
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Book Review – Dreamers and Designers: The Shaping of West Vancouver
Author: Francis Mansbridge (Harbour Publishing, 2018) The always-insightful Rebecca Solnit once wrote “A city always contains more than any inhabitant can...
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Event – Vancouver Public Library – morph: What Kind of City Do We Want? Plan For Change, Nov. 19th
morph: What Kind of City Do We Want? Plan For Change WHEN: Monday, November 19, 2018 (7:00 pm – 8:30 pm) WHERE: Central Library ADMISSION: Free Vancouver...
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Video Vancouver: Granville Bridge (1954)
The City of Vancouver presents. Cinematography: Jack McCallum. Story and Narration: Dorwin Baird. Produced by: Lew Perry. 1951-1954. Item consists of a...
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EVENT: Heritage Vancouver Society -Conversation #2: Change in Living Communities – False Creek South, Oct 11th
Shaping Vancouver 2018: Contested Places Conversation #2: Change in Living Communities – False Creek South WHEN: Thursday, October 11, 2018 –...
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District Lot 185: Vancouver’s West End
Written for VHF by guest author, Michael Kluckner. No Vancouver neighbourhood has more layers of heritage than the West End. Its early settlers’...
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Book Review: Rome – Urban Formation and Transformation
Author: Jon Michael Schwarting (Applied Research & Design, 2017) If you are into Roman architecture and urban planning…..and drawings, this is...
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Event: Help Shape The Courtyard – August 23rd and 24th
The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in collaboration with Dunefield Consulting invited young, emerging entrepreneurs to sell their products and...
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Events: UNESCO World Heritage Site: Business Opportunities for Vancouver’s Chinatown, July 25-26
As part of an ongoing UNESCO series the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Classical Garden , the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia , Heritage...
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The Steveston Salmon Festival: 5 Urbanist Sights to See
The Steveston Salmon Festival is happening this Canada Day weekend. The festival has been going for some 73 years down on the southern edge of Richmond...
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2018 AIBC Architectural Walking Tours Begin July 2
Release: Architectural Institute of British Columbia’s (AIBC) Walk the Blocks of Vancouver with AIBC Architectural Walking Tours For locals and tourists...
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Book Review – Preserving Our Heritage: Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age
Author: Michele Valerie Cloonan (Facet Publishing, 2014) Preserving Our Heritage: Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age takes an...
By Ulduz Maschaykh