What is Neighbourhood Character? Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Time: 7 pm – 9 pm Location: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (at SFU Woodward’s) In this panel, speakers explore the hot topic of neighborhood character in Vancouver. What features give areas their distinctive character? How can we balance heritage conservation with other community and financial interests? How can we ensure new development is responsive to the neighbourhood context? http://www.heritagevancouver.org/shapingvancouver.html#neighbourhoodcharacter

Heritage Vancouver Society - Shaping Vancouver: Heritage Action Plan

A general discussion with the audience follows and at the end, everyone will be invited to submit feedback on the evening’s topic to the consultants leading the Heritage Action Plan.

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Photo - Address: 4143 West 13th Avenue Built: 1929 First Owner: Hugh J. Loughran, District Superintendent, Immigration and Colonization, Canadian Pacific Railroad Status: DEMOLISHED

Address: 4143 West 13th Avenue Built: 1929 First Owner: Hugh J. Loughran, District Superintendent, Immigration and Colonization, Canadian Pacific Railroad Status: DEMOLISHED

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Photo - Today!

Today!

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Photo - Address: 3938 West 37th Avenue Built: 1937 First Owner: Nels J. Nelson, Master Mariner, and wife Betty Status: DEMOLISHED

Address: 3938 West 37th Avenue Built: 1937 First Owner: Nels J. Nelson, Master Mariner, and wife Betty Status: DEMOLISHED

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Photo - PLEASE SHARE! SATURDAY 23 MAY, 1-4:30, THE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE

PLEASE SHARE! SATURDAY 23 MAY, 1-4:30, THE ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE

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Thanks to Allen Garr. Send in your comments to The Courier! http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/city-of-vancouver-s-anti-demolition-policy-is-a-failure-1.1936216

City of Vancouver's anti-demolition policy is a failure

If the intention of the city’s “character home” policy introduced last June was to somehow protect these older buildings by slowing or even preventing their demolition, it appears to have been an . . .

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Photo - Address: 2828 West 13th Avenue Built: 1926 First Owner: Gordon S.S. Robertson, Clerk, H.J. Heinz Co., Pickles and Sauces Status: DEMOLISHED

Address: 2828 West 13th Avenue Built: 1926 First Owner: Gordon S.S. Robertson, Clerk, H.J. Heinz Co., Pickles and Sauces Status: DEMOLISHED

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A friend sent me the link to this beautiful short film "about place and memory, a farmhouse in Japan, and the lives of the people who called it home". This human connection to home is what we lose with every demolished house. http://www.nytimes.com/video/travel/100000003554407/minka-a-farmhouse-in-japan.html?emc=eta1

Video: Minka: A Farmhouse in Japan

A film about place and memory, a farmhouse in Japan, and the lives of the people who called it home.

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