Heritage Vancouver Newsletters

Currently, we've moved from print-based newsletters, to informative e-bulletins, generally sent out twice a month. If you'd like to sign-up for our e-bulletins, see this link. Also, previous e-bulletins can be viewed here.

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Let the editor know at Heritage Vancouver 604 254-9411 and leave a message or info@heritagevancouver.org

The issues below are PDF files, which can be viewed
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2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999-1992

2008 Issues, Volume 17

Issue 01: June 2008 (PDF, 924k; 12-pages) Our Annual Top Ten endangered sites list for 2008; Our Top Ten Bus Tour summary; Restoring the Flack Block (1899); Upcoming Annual General Meeting notice; Thank you to our donors.

2007 Issues, Volume 16

Issue 01: Feb/March 2007 (PDF, 492k)
Our Annual Top Ten endangered sites list for 2007; Heritage Vancouver goes to the Penthouse; Thank you to our donors.

Issue 02: Sept/Oct 2007 (PDF, 294k)
Edifice Wrecked: The Burrard Bridge; Community Supports Heritage Vancouver; Advocacy Updates; Policy Alerts (City of Vancouver)

2006 Issues, Volume 15

Issue 01: Feb/March 2006 (PDF, 176k)
Our Annual Top Ten endangered sites list for 2006

Issue 02: April/May 2006 (PDF, 315k)
Out on a Limb for Heritage (Vancouver's Heritage Trees); Advocacy Updates

Issue03: June/July/August 2006 (PDF, 204k)
Hooray for Heritage - success!; Advocacy Updates

Issue 04: September/October 2006 (PDF, 316k)
Company Town: Destruction of UBC and UEL Heritage, highlights urgent need for elected governance.

Issue 05: November/December 2006 (PDF, 280k)Our BC Mills Legacy: Prefabricated Homes; Advocacy Update - Salsbury Gardens, Helen's Neon Sign, Cotswold House, Maxine's (Balthazar), Rougemont Apartments, Stadacona Apartments, Victory Square, Pender Hotel, Chrysler Distribution Centre.

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2005 Issues, Volume 14

Issue 02: Apr/May 2005 (PDF, 184k)
Vancouver's Most Endangered Sites

Issue 03: June/July/August 2005 (PDF, 196k)
Being a Kid in Kits; Advocacy Updates; Vancouver Heritage Registry updates

Issue 04: Sept/October 2005 (PDF, 364k)
School's Out - Forever? Vancouver's heritage schools; Advocacy Updates: Burrard Bridge; Damaged Kits Houses; Salsbury Garden; "Black Swan Records" 2936 W 4th Ave; 2834 Spruce St (Craftsman house slated for demo)

Issue 05: Nov/Dec 2005 (PDF, 336k)
Voice of Built Heritage; Advocacy Updates: Good News (Rand House, Kogawa House, Salsbury Garden & Houses, Firehall #15, Flack Block, Wing Sang Bldg, Pantages Theatre, Pennsylvania Hotel; Bad News (Charles Dickens School, Crime Lab, Dufferin Hotel, The Garage, VGH Nurses Residence, Vogue Theatre, Woodwards

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2004 Issues, Volume 13

Issue 01: January 2004 (PDF, 576k)
The Future of Woodward's; Kits outraged by Y frontage - Parkview Towers; A Marpole house evokes bittersweet memories - Kogawa House; Ottawa takes a tentative step towards commercial heritage; A true tribute to False Creek; Report Card - First Church of Christ, Scientist; BC's heritage gets some tender loving cash.

Issue 02: February 2004 (PDF, 200k)
Top Ten endangered sites for 2004

Issue 03: March 2004 (PDF, 280k)
Spring 2004 Hot Spots; Heritage Fairs; In Memoriam - Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Issue 04: April 2004 (PDF, 188k)
Heritage Trail Highlights City's History; Advocacy Update - Hastings Park/PNE Livestock Building; Woodward's

Issue 05: May/June 2004 (PDF, 204k)
Celebrating Asian Heritage; Heritage is Always at Risk (301-317 West Hastings); Advocacy Update

Issue 06: July/August 2004 (PDF, 208k)
Vancouver's Hidden Heritage; Fraser River Bridge Celebrates 100th Birthday; Advocacy Update

Issue 07: September/October (PDF, 168k)
Back To School; Hollywood Theatre Birthday Party; Advocacy Update

Issue 08: November/December 2004 (PDF, 240k)
Heritage Vancouver Goes Bowling; Roselawn Funeral Home Endangered; Obituary - Watson St. Houses Torched; Advocacy Update

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2003 Issues, Volume 12

Issue 01: January 2003 (PDF, 222k)
A night at the Waldorf Hotel - Tiki Lounge; Boom and Bust - a Commission in Distress!; Burrard Bridge Update; Fun and Fab Food Had by all at HV's Xmas Party

Issue 02: February 2003 (PDF, 288k)
Top Ten Endangered Sites for 2003

Issue 03: March 2003 (PDF, 324k)
Down with Demolition - Shaughnessy neighbourhood; Lost of North Van Ferry No. 5; Waldorf Hotel's Tiki room - talk; Heritage Vancouver Focus of Student Research.

Issue 04: April 2003 (PDF, 272k)
VHF Uncover City's Original Residential Colours; Tour Provides a Rare Opportunity (Warehouse Studios, Bryan Adams); SFU Student Digs Deep to Make Recommendations for Heritage Vancouver; A Setback of National Consequence - Fed Budget Released Without Tax Credits for Heritage Properties.

Issue 05: May 2003 (PDF, 212k)
Future of the Past is On the Net; Good News (Clark House)

Issue 06: June 2003 (PDF, 236k)
Walking Through our Past - A Step-by-step Guide to Heritage Appreciation; Vancouver's year-round jungle - Bloedel Conservatory; Kitsilano Lifeguard Station and Concession

Issue 07: July 2003 (PDF, 208k)
Remembering the Wing Sang Building; Malkin Bowl faces final curtain; St. Paul's and the Vogue; Edwardian charm among modern industry - Andrew Gillespie House

Issue 08: August 2003 (PDF, 232k)
History and Heritage; 1908 building lost, streetscape threatened; In Memoriam - 3690 Osler Crescent; False Creek relic may get a misguided makeover - Domtar Salt Building

Issue 09: September 2003 (PDF, 184k)
Good News - Hope for Hastings via Gastown/Chinatown; Historic Places Initiative (HPI); Adaption goes UpCountry; A post-industrial renovation for False Creek; Looking Back and Forward Too

Issue 10: October 2003 (PDF, 339k)
Heritage as a Vocation - Robert Lemon; Richmond's Rural Relics

Issue 11: November 2003 (PDF, 255k)
VHF's Homeowner grants; BC's Modern Era documented on CD; Vanishing BC book makes appearance; Past-presidents present at AGM; Ours is really a site to see; Join HV - who we are, what we do.

Issue 12: December 2003 (PDF, 444k)
Streetcars and Interurbans; Westminster Abby's corbusian influences; Vancouver Museum gets $2-million boost; Report Card - Stanley Park Pedestrian Overpass

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2002 Issues, Volume 11

Issue 01: January 2002 (PDF, 252k)
Burrard Bridge - Past, Present, and future?; Thornton house broke new ground; Heritage Vancouver's Top Ten Endangered List - One Year Later; Raising Heritage Awareness; The City of Vancouver 2002 Heritage Awards

Issue 02: February 2002 (PDF, 372k)
Top Ten Endangered Sites 2002; Celebrate & Reflect - Heritage Week

Issue 03: March 2002 (PDF, 348k)
Vancouver's Picture Palace - Orpheum Theatre; Britannia Hangar heralded the Jet Age; Advocacy Update - University Endowment Lands (UEL), Beatty Street Escarpment, Burrard Bridge; Development & Heritage - Compatible Marriage or Ugly Divorce

Issue 04: April 2002 (PDF, 416k)
Historic Hastings Street; Sanctuary in the trees - St. Anselm's Anglican Church; It's Election Time

Issue 05: May 2002 (PDF, 256k)
North Vancouver Ferry No. 5 - Seven Seas Restaurant; A Thom Among the Eagles - Forrest house; A Report on the Hastings Street Panel; Heritage & Antiques Fair 2002 - Come Be Part of the Fun; Heritage Advocacy - Taking it to a new level;

Issue 06: July/August 2002 (PDF, 364k)
The Revival of the Clark House; Modern Living in the Royal City; Burrard Bridge Alert; The Celebration of a Partnership - The Chinatown Millennium Gate

Issue 07: September 2002 (PDF, 344k)
Hycroft Generations; Trendsetting Tree House; Heritage Vancouver in Pride Parade; Historic Places Initiative - Bright light on the heritage horizon; King's Lynne, England - Captain Vancouver's Birthplace

Issue 08: October 2002 (PDF, 412k)
After Erickson - Early houses by Dalla-Lana/Griffin; Saba House (2870 W. 47th St.); Report on the AGM

Issue 09: November 2002 (PDF, 228k)
Tiki Talk - Waldorf Hotel; Evelyn Harris - A Vancouver Treasure (1210 Lakewood Drive); A Commitment to Heritage; Roger Kemble's colourful iconoclasm

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2001 Issues, Volume 10

Issue 01: January 2001 (PDF, 272k)
Heritage Vancouver Project with Simon Fraser University (SFU); Robert McKee: Vancouver's forgotten Modernist architect?; Dr. Peter Centre - 1110 Comox Street; HV Prepares for the Heritage & Antiques Fair

Issue 02: February 2001 (PDF, 280k)
Fiar bigger and better - Heritage Antiques Fair; A tall green Guinness on the waterfront; The Untimate Bungalow; Another loss - Modernist houses; Who Speaks for the Buildings?

Issue 03: March 2001 (PDF, 560k)
Heritage Vancouver Launches Top Ten Endangered List;

Issue 04: April 2001 (PDF, 336k)
You're A Winner! - Heritage Vancouver at the Heritage and Antiques Fair; Len Norris's Tiddleycove Modern; Can Woodward's Save West Hastings?

Issue 05: May 2001 (PDF, 268k)
Firehall No. 13 - Riley Park; Wright in the wood - Plommer house (Hollingsworth); Updates - Gastown Mangement Plan Committee, Christ Church Cathedral; City of Vancouver Heritage Awards 2001 Winner; Heritage and Taxes

Issue 06: June 2001 (PDF, 280k)
Walk With Us! - HV Walking Tours; Modernism in subdivision suburbia; Updates - 811 Columbia Street New Westminster, Christ Church Cathedral; Heritage Vancouver Appointments; Volunteers Needed for Parade; New Heritage Resource; Christ Church Cathedral: Authentic Historic Building or Tarted-Up Glassy Fake?;

Issue 07: July/August 2001 (PDF, 420k)
Greencroft, 3838 Cypress Street; Seattle master Roland Terry builds in Vancouver; Updates - Wine & Cheese Reception; Good news for Greencroft; Christ Church Revisited; Binning Residence A National Historic Site

Issue 08: September 2001 (PDF, 368k)
A Walk Around the Block - 600 Block of Granville Street; Gerald Hamilton's New Formalism; Update - Stop the Demolition of our Heritage Buildings!; Demolition by Neglect; Heritage Makes a Hit at the Parade

Issue 09: October 2001 (PDF, 528k)
Chinatown Millennium Gate Approved; Erickson eclectica - Danto house, Arthur Erickson; Updates - HV Launches New Website; Heritage Commission Appointment; Fight to Save 600 Blk Granville; HV Newsletter Editor Changes Overs; A Walk in Shaughnessy; Who Says Heritage is Dull; Postcard Row Nearing Completion - Mole Hill

Issue 10: November 2001 (PDF, 384k)
Oh, It Was Athletic - Life and times at The Penthouse Nightclub; Block Building short but stands out; Beatty Street Drill Hall turns 100; Victory Square - A Special Place 265 Days of the Year; Heritage Vancouver's AGM

Issue 11: December 2001 (PDF, 356k)
Christmas at Roedde House; Between rainforest and river; Burrard Bridge Alert - False Creek Crossings Study; The Penthouse - A Popular Success; Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!; Letter to the Editor - Beatty Street Drill Hall

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2000 Issues, Volume 9

Issue 01: January 2000 (PDF, 250k)
Sawmills in Vancouver; Vancouver Modern: Gardner house rises above the typical

Issue 02: February 2000 (PDF, 354k)
From Ottawa – the Heritage Canada Foundation; Chinese Consulate in Shaughnessy

Issue 03: March 2000 (PDF, 354k)
A Forgotten Corridor - Vancouver and the CPR; Vancouver Modern: CIBC building has (and is) a hidden treasure; 65 Water Street Reconsidered

Issue 04: April 2000 (PDF, 438k)
Vancouver's trolleybuses; Vancouver Modern - Modernist uptopia on English Bay: Beach Towers (1962-65, 1968);

Issue 05: May 2000 (PDF, 459k)
Commemorating the lost community of Moodyville; Vancouver Modern - Moore office hardley brutal; Paws Off the Prospect Point Bridge;

Issue 06: June 2000 (PDF, 329k)
A New Chapter for North Vancouver's Hamersley House; Vancouver Modern - Time running out on Mitchell House; Mt. Pleasant tour unique; Celebrities May Have Reason to Celebrate

Issue 07: July/August 2000 (PDF, 455k)
Mole Hill Affordable Heritage; Vancouver Modern - Royal Bank puts on a pleasing front; Mole Hill Gets City Council Approval

Issue 08: September 2000 (PDF, 483k)
The Mole Hill Living Heritage Society; Vancouver Modern - Faculty Club hangs in for another round: UBC Faculty Club and garden; HV attends Round Table on Historic Preservation in Seattle; Poor Prospects for Prospect Point Bridge; City Hall Setting a Good Example

Issue 09: October 2000 (PDF, 487k)
See What We've Been Doing; Vancouver Modern - Crescent Apartments stil the queen of West Van's waterfront; Heritage Society of BC Awards program;

Issue 10: November 2000 (PDF, 459k)
What Happened to Theatre Row? Granville Street Theatres; Vancouver Modern - Narod house an early Ron Thom example; New Faces on the Board

Issue 11: December 2000 (PDF, 315k)
Our Christmas Wish List; Vancouver Modern - Ron Thom's evolving talents displayed in Carmichael house; Heritage Alert - George Ryga Centre in Summerland;

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1992 to 1999 Issues

The full run of Heritage Vancouver newsletters for fifteen years, from 1992 (Volume 1, Number 1) to the end of 2008 (Volume 17, Number 2), will be available for purchase on CD, in a high-resolution, searchable PDF format (all PDFs posted above are low-resolution for web). When available, details will be posted.

We'll also have posted the newsletters from our precursor, the Heritage Group from the Community Arts Council, running 1990 to 1991.

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