BC Mills Article
Here’s an article I wrote in 2006 about BC Mills in Vancouver. Penny Street
100 Years Ago Today in Grandview, #26
. Building Brisk in Grandview “Real estate men report that houses for rent are extremely scarce, if not non-existent, and there is a steady demand for houses to buy … Several new residences are being constructed at Napier and Lakewood Drive. Some of these new houses will be occupied by their builders and others will…
100 Years Ago Today in Grandview, #25
. Car Explodes! At about 1am on July 9th, 1924, John A, MacMillan pulled his car up to the gas pumps at Commercial and Seventh Avenue. It was dark, of course, and MacMillan could not see how much gas he’d put into the tank. So, he lit a match and took a look. The car…
RIP Jak King
We are saddened to announce that Jak, one of our founding members and the major contributor to this site on Grandview history, passed away on the afternoon of July 3rd following a long decline in his health. We will try to continue adding material to this site, and ensure that Jak’s legacy is properly archived…
100 Years Ago Today in Grandview, #24
. On 26th June 1924, Angus Fraser was issued a building permit for a $2,500 “residence”. However, in 1926/27, Fraser’s company Crystal Dairy built a dairy on the site. Founded in 1922, Crystal Dairy was the largest independent dairy in Vancouver by 1936. Most of the building was essentially a milk delivery depot and stables, but…
When the King & Queen of England Came To Grandview
In the late spring of 1939, as the political situation in Europe darkened and war with Germany became inevitable, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured Canada by train to meet their subjects and bolster the bonds of Empire From small-town whistle stops on the Prairies to bustling cities coast to coast, eager crowds cheered,…
100 Years Ago Today in Grandview, #23
. The Royal Bank Building On 30th April 1924, a $5,000 contract was granted to F.T. Sherbourne to build a branch of the Royal Bank at 1575 Commercial Drive. (Sun, p.3). It was expanded in 1946 and rebuilt in 1949. It operated as a bank until 1972 when the building was repurposed for retail.
Commercial Drive’s Own Piano Man
In May 1924, John Thomas Guy, a 40-year old Englishman, arrived in Vancouver seeking a site for his dream of building a piano making factory. After a brief exploration, he met with the Board of Trade and announced himself impressed with the possibilities, and noting that most of the materials he would need were available…
100 Years Ago Today in Grandview #22
A joint meeting of the Grandview Rate-Payers Association and the Parent-Teacher Association held at the Grandview Dancing Academy was told by the principal, H.B. Fitch, that attendance at Grandview School had jumped from 330 to 650 pupils. The school was seriously overcrowded. The principal urged everyone to get behind a new School Board By-law that…
Commercial Drive Buildings
. Access to the newly-enhanced illustrated Inventory of every building that has existed on Commercial Drive since the beginning can be found at:
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