Every House Has a Story- Black History Month: Harry and Valerie Jerome
- In the year of the dragon: the changing face of Chinatown
- How the Chinese saved Strathcona
- Heritage Turkeys
- Seriously–you think your house price won’t tank?
- Peter Pantages and the Polar Bear Swim
- Wah Wong and the Parrot
- The Penthouse Night Club
- Villa Russe
- Fred Thornton Hollingsworth
Category Archives: Endangered sites
Heritage Turkeys
This is one list you don’t want your name on. Crosscut, a blog out of Seattle, released it’s Heritage Turkeys of the Year list, what it calls “who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect and generally trash our historic … Continue reading
2400 Motel: Vancouver’s 10th most endangered heritage site
I discovered the 2400 Motel on Kingsway when I wrote Frommer’s With Kids Vancouver about a decade or so ago. Loved the old fashioned, retro feel of the place and its huge red and blue neon sign. The freshly painted … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 Top Ten Endangered Sites, 2400 Kingsway, 2400 Motel, Birmingham & Wood Architects, Carleton School, City of Vancouver, Collingwood Library, Don Luxton, Frommer's with kids Vancouver, Gordon T. Legg residence, Heritage Vancouver, Kitchener School, Norquay Village, Sexsmith School, Shannon Estate
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The Pantages Theatre
I took a drive past the Pantages Theatre at East Hastings and Main yesterday. It was pouring with rain and the Downtown Eastside looked even bleaker than normal, like something out of a Dostoevsky novel. It’s hard to imagine that … Continue reading
Carleton Hall: Number one most endangered heritage site
Built in 1896, Carleton Hall is the oldest school building in Vancouver. The building is one of five on the site that survived the last closure hit list, but suffered water damage after a fire in 2008 and Heritage Vancouver … Continue reading
The Shannon Estate: Fourth most endangered heritage site
Last week Heritage Vancouver released its annual top ten list of endangered heritage sites in Vancouver. Three schools topped the list, but the residence considered most in danger is the four-hectare Shannon Estate at the corner of Granville and 57th. Note … Continue reading
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Tagged 7255 Granville Street, Arthur Erickson, Austin C. Taylor, Benjamin Tingley Rogers, City of Vancouver, Donald Luxton, Erickson Massey, Gabriola, Heritage density bonuses, Heritage Vancouver Society, Mary Rogers, Peter Wall, Samuel Maclure, Shannon Mews, Somervell & Putnam, Wall Financial Corp
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