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Heritage Turkeys

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Eve Lazarus

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 →

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The Clydes, the Butlers and the Empress Theatre

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Eve Lazarus

The Empress Theatre on West Hastings went up in 1908 and came down in 1940, and in its heyday it had the biggest stage west of Chicago. In the 1930s it was owned by Hollywood stars Fay Holden and David Clyde who also owned a house on 51st Avenue in East Vancouver

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