It was another lively meeting last Thursday, with a wide range of topics discussed. After introductions, Eric took us through a 1967 Beaver Kit houses brochure. The brochure loudly proclaimed the use of Zonolite insulation which, today, is the cause of much asbestos distress for those seeking to renovate their older houses; We discussed the … Continue reading Meeting Notes: April 2018
Category: Heritage Issues
Heritage and the Provincial Election
Many of our readers will have views on the political interface between heritage needs and the Provincial government. Those folks will want to know about the joint All-Candidates' Meeting for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Hastings, Monday May 1st in Gym D at Britannia from 6:30pm. Quoting from the release: All ten candidates running in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Hastings have said … Continue reading Heritage and the Provincial Election
Meeting Notes: March 2017
Another good turn out for our March meeting, and another good session of heritage and history talk. Heritage Renvation Issues: We were joined by Cynthia who owns a heritage house on Semlin. More than a decade ago, she built a sunroom on her deck and made some changes to the old cottage at the foot … Continue reading Meeting Notes: March 2017
Meeting Notes from February
We had another well-attended and packed-with-news meeting on Thursday evening. Character House Review Javier Campos, president of Heritage Vancouver, gave a short presentation and initiated a dialogue about the City's new Character House Review process. Javier is opposed to what he considers "extreme" heritage preservation rules which, he believes, is forcing the city to push … Continue reading Meeting Notes from February
Character House Review
To assist with some important work between now and the next GHG meeting, why not join Caroline Adderson in studying the City's proposals for "character houses." Here is what Caroline has to say: I just want to make sure you all know about the Character Home Rezoning review open houses which are winding up next … Continue reading Character House Review
Meeting Notes — June 2016
We had another interesting meeting last Thursday evening. Claire Shepansky gave an excellent presentation on her recent project which was to document and analyze the residential displacement caused by the building of the Britannia Community Centre in 1973-1974. The regular monthly feature on Neighbourhood Changes discussed Heritage Conservation Areas (as is being mooted for Mole … Continue reading Meeting Notes — June 2016
Notes From The October Meeting
The October meeting of the Grandview Heritage Group was very well attended, including a very welcome visit by Patrick Gunn of Heritage Vancouver. Although a presentation took up much of the meeting, we were also able, as usual, to discuss a wide range of other topics. Jak King presented his Database of Grandview Properties which … Continue reading Notes From The October Meeting
Notes From The September Meeting
The new season of meetings kicked off on Thursday with a good attendance. As usual, the discussion was wide-ranging and fascinating. We began as usual with our Around The Hood segment in which Eric leads us through an illustrated tour of various changes, sales, rumours etc within Grandview. This month we covered 17 properties. In … Continue reading Notes From The September Meeting
Notes To January Meeting
We had another full house for our monthly meeting on Thursday, and it was an interesting one. Eric Phillips continued his marvelous Mechanicals and Materials series, this time with a lively discussion of what and how to keep records of your house. Using his own home as an example, he talked about property records, such … Continue reading Notes To January Meeting
Meeting Notes from November 20th
A full house of about 25 for our November meeting... • Our Geography 429 student, Kevin Shackles, introduced himself to the group. He will be working on a project in the Spring to map the old grocery stores and other commercial storefronts of "back-street" Grandview (that is, not The Drive, not Hastings Street) and investigate … Continue reading Meeting Notes from November 20th
Notes From Our October Meeting
We had another fine turn-out for our October meeting, with some new and welcome faces. We began by discussing the Coalition of Vancouver Neighbourhood's all-candidates meeting. The candidates' responses re: the Heritage Action Plan were discussed. It was also noted that all parties other than Vision had stated their opposition to the current Grandview Community … Continue reading Notes From Our October Meeting
Our June 19th meeting
About 20 people showed up at the boardroom at Britannia Community Centre for the monthly GHG meeting. • the launch party for the 2014 Centenary Signs, with cake and refreshments, will be at 11 am Saturday June 28th at Mosaic Park at the corner of Charles and McLean in the heart of the "west of … Continue reading Our June 19th meeting
Good Jane Jacobs quote…
"Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them." This is something to keep in mind as we fight to preserve the things we love about our wonderful Grandview neighbourhood!
Meeting Notes: March
We had about twenty people at our meeting last night, with a couple of new visitors. I don't think anyone was disappointed with all that we managed to cover in a couple of hours. Michael Kluckner gave a detailed and excellent illustrated talk that led us through the history of heritage legislation and regulation in … Continue reading Meeting Notes: March
Petition To Save Vancouver’s Character Houses
A petition has been launched in an effort to stop or at least slow down the wanton demolition of Vancouver's character houses. I would urge everyone to sign on at change.org.. The petition includes a poignant video which is sad but worth the two minutes or so it takes to watch: http://youtu.be/NwO3x9Xflmw
January Meeting Notes
My apologies for the delay in posting these notes; it has been a very busy week! Last Thursday we had a really productive meeting, covering a wide range of current and ongoing issues: We were joined by Vancouver City Clr. Heather Deal for the first hour. She took us through the City's new Heritage Action … Continue reading January Meeting Notes
Meeting Notes: November 2013
Last Thursday evening, the GHG met for its November meeting. It was another conversation full of interest, with a good turn our and new people attending. In brief, we discussed: 1872 Parker Street. Craig Ollenberger gave a history of the last few years of Brookhouse, leading to the current situation where we will almost certainly … Continue reading Meeting Notes: November 2013
Heritage Under Attack
Kristen Harpula has put together an execellent article about heritage issues in Grandview. It can be found on her website here. With her permission we are embedding her video on the subject. http://youtu.be/CHhll0asqgU
Meeting Notes: October
Excellent meeting last night with a number of new people in attendance, including two from Mount Pleasant who have been inspired to start a heritage group in their neighbourhood -- that's what we want to see all over the City! There were a number of interesting items on the agenda: We started with an announcement … Continue reading Meeting Notes: October
Meeting Notes: August 2013
We had another great meeting last Thursday evening. We covered quite a lot of ground: It was noted that the 1921 Census of Canada is now available for scholars. At the moment it is made available via Ancestry.ca and a subsription membership is required. The current search engine dies not allow searches via addresses. Bruce … Continue reading Meeting Notes: August 2013
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