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There is a movement to have the new library on East Hastings named in honor of local resident Mary Chan. Mary was instrumental in organizing the Strathcona Community against urban renewal and the freeway. Her daughter Shirley says “Mary worked hard to canvas community…
The news stand at the Royal Bank, Main and Hastings. CVA99-3272
From Popular Science, 1929
This is going to be fun, the images look amazing. Here’s the blurb from the Space centre: Join John Atkin and Michael Kluckner in the Space Centre’s digital Planetarium Star Theatre for a look back at Vancouver as you’ve never seen it before. This “indoor” digital walking tour allows a unique way to experience the… Continue reading The Space Centre Presents: Through the Lens: Building Vancouver’s History
I received an interesting research question this week, “Why are fireworks only allowed in BC and Nova Scotia at Halloween?” Never given it much thought… So a bit of research in the newspaper archives revealed that indeed fireworks at Halloween seemed to be a mostly BC tradition. In 1965, there was a report about fireworks from… Continue reading Fireworks Only in BC?
Houston City Hall was designed by Joseph Finger an Austrian-born Texan. Construction started in 1938. Vancouver’s City Hall was designed by the firm of Townley and Matheson. Construction began in 1936. Both buildings reflect the Art Moderne style popular in the period and are similar to a number of government buildings notably through the southwest… Continue reading Houston | Vancouver
With various states passing anti evolution laws, Popular Science wrote about educators efforts to teach without actually teaching…. and how many were getting around the laws.
Found in a 1929 issue of Popular Science. I’m assuming fortunes were not made with this enterprise…
It’s interesting to see how often Vancouver made the news in the early days and for what. New Water Works Vancouver, B. C, March 26th.— At 11:10 last night the water from Capilano river, across Burrard inlet, reached this city through the pipes of the Vancouver Water Works Company across the mouth of the harbor.… Continue reading Turning on the Taps and…
CANADIAN PACIFIC WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGE Superintendent Denies Rumor That Coast Port Is to Be Removed From Vancouver. VANCOUVER. B. C, April 7. — R. Marpole, general superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, denies the report that it is the company’s intention to make Quitsino [sic], on the west coast of Vancouver Island its… Continue reading Imagine if…
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