It was a shock to receive an early morning phone call from my brother telling me to “get to Victoria as fast as you can.” My father, Peter had been admitted to Emergency at the Royal Jubilee and no one expected him to last for long. Thank goodness for willing and speeding taxi drivers and… Continue reading We are shaped by those around us…
Top left: MMM, Top Right: OOO, Bottom Left: MM, Bottom Right: Concrete hybrid Fernie, BC has had its share of bad luck in the past. The town was destroyed in 1908 in a devastating fire that levelled the town except for 37 houses and three other buildings. Rebuilding got underway quickly. The brickworks ramped up production… Continue reading BC Mills “Ready Made” Houses and Fernie
The Friends of the Vancouver City Archives have a walking tour coming up in October. The Georgia Viaducts, the only visible reminder of the grander city-wide freeway plan of the 1950s, will soon be a memory with their impending demolition. On this walk we’ll explore their history and development, the freeway fight and explore a… Continue reading The Roads to Nowhere
Fernie BC to be exact. My colleague Elana Zysblat and I are doing a couple of walking tours for the annual Fernie Chautauqua and Fall Fair – September 13 to 16, 2018 – based on some of the work we’re doing there. Checkout the full program at ferniechautauqua.com and of course their facebook page
Vancouver Police Museum and Archives 240 East Cordova St. Vancouver, BC V6A 1L3 Tickets Here
July 5, 2018 at 6:00pm its an evening in the Dr Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden hosted by the Friends of the Vancouver City Archives. Join the Friends for Chinese tea, award-winning traditional Chinatown pastries and a presentation by Professor Alison Bailey in the Garden’s Hall of One Hundred Rivers while raising funds for important… Continue reading Tea, Talk & Treats: an evening in the Chinese Garden…
The 105 Keefer project proposed by the Beedie Group doesn’t work for the location or for Chinatown as a whole. The basic problem is that the developer and the architects still have not taken the time to engage in, and with, the community they want to build in. The starting point should have been, and… Continue reading Re-thinking 105 Keefer… by 50′
