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, and previous e-bulletins can be viewed here.

All issues below are PDF files.

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 President's Message

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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1990 to 1999 Issues

Pre-2000 issues are posted below, each as a yearly run.

1999, Volume 8 PDF, 3.2Mb; 44-pages BC Bungalow Areaways Birks Building False Creek heritage Trader Vic's Tiki CPR Telegraph Bldg. 600-blk Granville St. Arthur Erickson Gastown Vancouver & Rogers Bldgs. Strathcona Porch Project Bowman Sign Vancouver Modern	1998, Volume 7 PDF, 11.3Mb; 47-pages Architecture History of Vancouver 1865-1965 First ICBC Claim Centres Malkin Building Polynesian Room at Trader Vic's	1997, Volume 6 PDF, 9.0Mb; 31-pages BC Electric Showroom Hastings Park Mole Hill Vancouver Heritage Conservation Foundation Pure Food Building (PNE) Shaw House

1996, Volume 5 PDF, 7.5Mb; 25-pages Mole Hill Fraserview Golf Clubhouse St. Paul's Hospital Hotel Vancouver Deco Gastown Lighting 1st Urban Archaeology Site One room schoolhouse	1995, Volume 4 PDF, 4.7Mb; 22-pages Lion's Gate Bridge Victory Square Maclure building found	1994, Volume 3 PDF, 7.8Mb; 24-pages Downtown Heritage Lion's Gate Bridge Street lighting Victory Square Update Watson House Davis Houses BC Tel building/BCIT

1993, Volume 2 PDF, 9.7Mb; 28-pages Canadian National sign Evans House Mitchell House Innes-Thompson Block BC Hydro Building	1992, Volume 1 PDF, 7.6Mb; 24-pages Our first newsletter year Shaughnessy Arthur Erikson Glen Brae house Main DT Library Woodwards

1990-1991, Heritage Committee, Community Arts Council PDF, 5.0Mb; 30-pages Precursor to Heritage Vancouver Society	Convent of Sacred Heart Post-1940s Heritage Trilea project Customs House Public Library building Downtown South Rezoning Stanley Theatre Vogue Theatre The Roundhouse	Nabata House First Shaughnessy Ralph Block Jones Tent & Awning Delamont Park CN Station Haigler House Hotel Georgia

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