Walking Tours for 2013
Heritage Vancouver Society’s Walking Tours
Heritage Vancouver wishes to thank our experienced tour guides for their generous contribution in creating a greater appreciation for Vancouver's built heritage. Our guides are all unique — their backgrounds, their personalities, and their stories bring Vancouver's historic neighbourhoods to life. Thank you for making these tours possible.
Additional tours will be posted, once confirmed. Watch for them!
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$10 Members
$15 Non-members
Vancouver’s Granville & West Georgia Streets
Saturday, July 27, 2013; 11am to 1pm
Tourguide: Michael Gordon
$10 Heritage Vancouver members; $15 non-members
Tour begins at 200 Granville St. Plaza and ends under the Granville Bridge
Join historian and City of Vancouver Senior Planner for Downtown Vancouver, Michael Gordon in an exploration of two of Vancouver's most famous streets.
On Wednesday, May 15, 1886, Lauchlan Hamilton, a City of Vancouver Aldermen and the CPR Land Commissioner began to stake out and survey what would become Granville and West Georgia Streets. They are still today two of Vancouver's pre-eminent 'high streets' reflecting many elements that define our city. Our walk will begin at the northern foot of Granville Street, the location of the 1st and 2nd CPR train stations overlooking the CP rail yards and the port.
We will walk south on Granville Street and look at and hear about the street's history including important buildings and key events that occurred on the street. The past and current roles of the street as a transit hub, a shopping street, an office, hotel and entertainment district and a cultural and neon mecca will be highlighted.
Our tour will end in the lobby of the Hotel Vancouver with memories shared about the days when this part of the downtown was an entertainment mecca with a variety of live music venues on Hornby and Burrard Streets.
Tickets:
Granville/West Georgia Streets for Saturday, July 27, 2013
Or pay by cheque:
Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver Society
1020 Denman St., PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1
Please let us know if you've mailed a cheque, at events@heritagevancouver.org
AIBC: 2.0 Core LUs
PIBC CPD: 3.0 Organized LUs
Estates of South Kerrisdale
Saturday, August 10, 2013; 10am to 12pm
Tourguide: Michael Kluckner
$10 Heritage Vancouver members; $15 non-members
Meet at the west side of Elm Park at 42nd Avenue, and ends at coffee-shop Kerrisdale around 41st and Yew
Join author, artist and Heritage Vancouver's first president Michael Kluckner on a wander through summertime Kerrisdale in search of the old estate properties of a century ago.
Families with names like Spencer, von Alvensleben, Malkin, Cunliffe, Arnold and Bowser developed large properties, some with renowned gardens, in this semi-rural corner of the old Municipality of Point Grey.
The tour will be a good opportunity to inspect the area's evolving architecture, from the bungalows of the 1920s to the monster houses of the 1980s, and evaluate the new mini-mansions that have filled out the old garden lots.
Tickets:
South Kerrisdale for Saturday, August 10, 2013
Or pay by cheque:
Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver Society
1020 Denman St., PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1
Please let us know if you've mailed a cheque, at events@heritagevancouver.org
AIBC: 2.0 Core LUs
PIBC CPD: 2.0 Organized LUs
Delamont: Kitsilano's Oldest City Block of Houses
Sunday, August 18, 2013; 2pm to 4pm
Tourguide: Bruce MacDonald
$10 Heritage Vancouver members; $15 non-members
The tour will start and end in the small park at the northeast corner of Arbutus and 7th Avenue
Join local historian Bruce MacDonald for a fascinating exploration of Kitisilano's unique Delamont Park neighbourhood.
In 1905 streetcar service was extended from downtown to Kits Beach, home-building began in earnest, and the Kitsilano community was born. Bruce's father moved to Kitsilano 7 years later and his grandfather began working just one block from Delamont.
Amazingly, amongst the blocks and blocks of apartment buildings in east Kitsilano is a small group of houses surviving from those earliest years and before. In the same way the Park Board accidentally saved the heritage houses of Mole Hill and the pioneer homes below the towers surrounding the West End's Barclay Heritage Square Park, it has now accidentally preserved Victorian homes dating from 1901 in Kitsilano's Delamont Park area.
Come and explore the unique homes from Kitsilano's pioneer years with Bruce MacDonald who wrote the history of Delamont for the Park Board.
Tickets:
Delamont/Kitsilano for Sunday, August 18, 2013
Or pay by cheque:
Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver Society
1020 Denman St., PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1
Please let us know if you've mailed a cheque, at events@heritagevancouver.org
AIBC: 2.0 Core LUs
PIBC CPD: 2.0 Organized LUs
A Planning Tour of Vancouver’s West End
Saturday, August 24, 2013; 10am to 12:00pm
Tourguide: Gordon Price
$10 Heritage Vancouver members; $15 non-members
Meet at Barclay Heritage Square, in Vancouver's West End
Join Gordon Price, Director of the SFU City Program, for a planning tour of Vancouver's West End. The West End reveals about eight different architectural stages, from fine wooden mansions to functional wooden walk-ups, not to mention more highrise towers than any other neighbourhood in Canada.
But how did it all come about – and why?
Gordon Price explains some of the planning theory and trends that shaped the West End – and some of the lessons to be learned.
Wear comfortable walking shoes and in case of rain bring your umbrella.
Tickets:
West End for Saturday, August 24, 2013
Or pay by cheque:
Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver Society
1020 Denman St., PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1
Please let us know if you've mailed a cheque, at events@heritagevancouver.org
AIBC: 2.0 Core LUs
PIBC CPD: 2.0 Organized LUs
Grandview, West of Commercial Drive
Saturday, September 7, 2013; 10am to 12pm
Tourguide: Maurice Guibord
$10 Heritage Vancouver members; $15 non-members
Meet at Mosaic Park, Charles Street & McLean Drive
Join Maurice Guibord, a founding board member of Heritage Vancouver and heritage expert, for an exciting tour of one of Vancouver's most diverse neighborhoods.
This little explored area holds a rich history of early Grandview settlers, multicultural influences, and artistic expressions. Surrounded by industrial and commercial sites, this area developed a character of its own, with an eye to the social welfare of its residents, and its beautification by its creative denizens. Discover it with Heritage Vancouver!
Tickets:
Grandview for Saturday, September 7, 2013
Or pay by cheque:
Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver Society
1020 Denman St., PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1
Please let us know if you've mailed a cheque, at events@heritagevancouver.org
AIBC: 2.0 Non-Core LUs
PIBC CPD: 2.0 Organized LUs
UBC Campus Heritage Tour: Modern Buildings & Landscapes
Thursday, September 19, 2013; 4pm to 6pm
Tourguide: Gerry McGeough
$10 Heritage Vancouver members; $15 non-members
Meet at the Koerner University Centre (recently restored faculty club), 6331 Crescent Road
Join Gerry McGeough, the University of BC's architect for a tour of a number of restored and rehabilitated modern (international style) buildings and landscapes including the former faculty club. Gerry will focus on the cultural landscape approach to heritage conservation that the university has taken.
There are many excellent examples on the tour of how the university has carried out successful seismic upgrading while preserving the heritage of the buildings. After the tour, you are invited to go to the Mahony and Son's Pub and continue the discussion over a pint and pub food.
Tickets:
UBC for Thursday, September 19, 2013
Or pay by cheque:
Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver Society
1020 Denman St., PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1
Please let us know if you've mailed a cheque, at events@heritagevancouver.org
AIBC: 2.0 Core LUs
PIBC CPD: 2.0 Organized LUs
First Shaughnessy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Sunday, September 22, 2013; 10am to 12pm
Tourguide: Richard Keate & Margo Keate West
$10 Heritage Vancouver members; $15 non-members
Tour will meet in Angus Park, at The Crescent and Angus Drive (one block east of Granville)
This year we will explore the other side of Shaughnessy — West of Granville Street.
Tour First Shaughnessy's "garden district" with fourth and fifth generation residents Richard Keate design consultant, and his daughter Margot Keate West, architectural conservationist. They will point out the significant architecture that makes this district Vancouver's only legally recognized "residential historic character area."
Learn about the design features that distinguish these homes as a unique regional response and the families that shaped them. Find out about the role of the First Shaughnessy Advisory Design Panel that reviews new developments, and the threats to the Heritage stock, which has seen over 50 character houses come down.
Tickets:
Shaughnessy for Saturday, September 22, 2013
Or pay by cheque:
Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver Society
1020 Denman St., PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1
Please let us know if you've mailed a cheque, at events@heritagevancouver.org
AIBC: 2.0 Core LUs
PIBC CPD: 2.0 Organized LUs
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