Every House Has a Story- Asian Heritage Month
- North Vancouver’s Andrews on 8th
- Bulletin Board
- The Trend House – North Vancouver
- The Poet and the Tree House
- The Dominion Building
- Mona Fertig’s Mother Tongue Publishing
- Bulletin Board
- Black History Month: Harry and Valerie Jerome
- In the year of the dragon: the changing face of Chinatown
Category Archives: Heritage buildings
Joy Kogawa House
Joy Kogawa wrote about her childhood home in Obasan, a book that’s considered one of the 100 most important Canadian books ever written. The modest bungalow on West 64th Street in Vancouver was saved from demolition by a group of writers and heritage die-hards who believe that the social history of a house is every bit as important as its architectural merit. Continue reading
The Livestock Building
During WW2 more than 3,000 Japanese-Canadian women and children were ripped from their homes and housed in the Livestock Building in Hastings Park Continue reading
Wing Sang Building
The Wing Sang Building at 51 East Pender Street, Vancouver was built by Yip Sang in 1889. He lived here with his three wives and his 23 children, and ran an opium factory, a bank and a travel agency. Continue reading