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Maxine Lane, the newest addition to the West End

In December, City Council will receive a report from the Civic Assets Naming Committee recommending that the lane between Harwood and Burnaby streets be named Maxine Lane to honour Maxine MacGilvray an enterprising Vancouver business women. Maxine’s name was chosen because of her strong connection to the West End with her beauty school and salon… Continue reading Maxine Lane, the newest addition to the West End

History · Uncategorized · urban design · Vancouver

The West End on Steroids!!

Here is a proposal for the West End’s future from architect C. Cyaioni sometime in the 1960s. The caption reads: “A concept for the future of Vancouver with not too unrealistic buildings”… I’m wondering how many bridges do we need to cross False Creek?