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10. Historic Street Trees

2010

As historic mature specimen trees become older and die, the City is refusing to plant the same traditional species, and is replacing them with much smaller, ornamental trees that do not have the same scale or presence. Threat What is the threat to Vancouver’s Historic...

Introduction – 2009 Top10 Watch List

2009

Welcome to the 9th Annual Heritage Vancouver Top10 Endangered Sites. Released during National Heritage Week, our Top Ten list is anticipated by many as the ‘word on the street’ for which of the city’s heritage resources are most threatened....

1. Pantages Theatre (1907) [lost]

2009

The current owner has plans to demolish the theatre and redevelop the site. No alternative has been found to save the Pantages. Threat What is the threat to the Pantages Theatre? The historic Pantages Theatre is at imminent risk of demolition and faces an uncertain...

2. Vancouver Schools – Kitsilano Senior Secondary (1926-27)

2009

2550 West 10th Avenue (1927); plus many other schools The Ministry of Education’s formula for seismic upgrading heritage schools threatens many of Vancouver’s heritage schools, Kitsilano Secondary is most immediately under threat. Threat What is the threat...

3. Historic Precincts: Gastown, Hastings, Chinatown, Victory Square

2009

Many City Hall recent initiatives, freeze on the transfer of density, lack of other incentives and the threat of over height buildings threatens the integrity of Vancouver’s Historic Precinct. Threat What is the threat to the “Historic Precinct”?...