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Category: Parks

Grandview’s Parks to 1930

. In 1888, more than a dozen years before Grandview began any proper existence, a prosperous merchant, the Toronto-based E.J. Clark offered to give to the City of Vancouver seven acres of land he owned east of False Creek to be used for “athletic purposes”. This was not the simple philanthropic gesture that it may … Continue reading Grandview’s Parks to 1930 →

jakking Parks April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 13 Minutes

Clearing Victoria Park 1909

The following is what is almost certainly a previously unknown photograph of the clearing of Victoria Park in 1909.  The image was taken by Edward Faraday Odlum and is shown here courtesy of Ms. Ruth Raymond, a descendant. This is a view of the as-yet-uncleared Park looking north from the south-east corner of Grant Street … Continue reading Clearing Victoria Park 1909 →

grandviewheritagegroup 1900s, Parks September 12, 2013April 25, 2022 1 Minute

Remembrance Day 1930

On Remembrance Day 1930, the flagstaff and cairn to the memory of the Grandview lads who had fallen in the First War were dedicated in Grandview Park by Archbishop DePencier. The memorial had been the idea of Catherine Bufton who, with her husband Hubert, ran the very popular Bufton’s Florists on the Drive. She had … Continue reading Remembrance Day 1930 →

grandviewheritagegroup 1930s, Parks November 11, 2012April 23, 2022 1 Minute

Northwest from Victoria Park, c. 1920

Here's a photo looking northwest over Victoria Park from the top of Edward Odlum’s landmark 135-foot flagpole at the corner of Grant and Victoria Drive, c. 1920. [E. F. Odlum photo, courtesy of Ruth Raymond]

grandviewheritagegroup Grant Street, Parks, Salsbury, Victoria Drive January 11, 2012April 23, 2022 1 Minute

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