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2004
Top Ten Endangered Sites
Once again, Heritage Vancouver presents its
2004 Top Ten Endangered Sites. Time certainly
flies — this is already our fourth annual list —
and, through wider media attention, our "Top Ten"
has generated significant public awareness.
The former Woodward’s
building is this year's No.1 endangered site, with First
Shaughnessy and Burrard Bridge a
close second and third.
All the sites on this list are in imminent danger
or will likely be coming forward as issues in 2004.
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101 West Hastings Street
With
redevelopment proposals now before Council, decisions
affecting this landmark will determine the future of
the building and its neighbourhood, for better or for
worse. Woodward's has anchored the Victory Square district
since the building’s construction in 1903, when
Charles Woodward chose the northwest corner of Hastings
and Abbott to build his second department store.
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Demolition permits
were issued for four First Shaughnessy heritage houses
in 2003. This is the only residential character area
identified by the City, and yet 42 A and B listed heritage
houses have been lost in the last 11 years alone.
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Completed in 1932
to provide a highlevel crossing to the western
neighbourhoods, the bridge is a triumph of civic architecture
and a key gateway structure.
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152 E. Hastings Street
Behind
a modest brick façade half a block west of Main
and Hastings, is the oldest remaining Pantages Theatre
in North America. Built in 1907 by Alexander Pantages
as part of his emerging vaudeville and movie empire,
this theatre is one of the oldest purpose-built vaudeville
theatre interiors in Canada. Its interior is breathtaking
— its stepped balconies, vaulted ceiling and arched
proscenium frame a jewel box of ornate plasterwork.
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2210 Cornwall Avenue
Designed in 1932
by Townley and Matheson (the architects who brought
you City Hall), this Kits Beach landmark was built at
a time when period revivals were all the rage. This
one may be the last surviving example of its kind in
Vancouver.
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51 East Pender Street
Reputedly
the oldest structure in Chinatown, the original Wing
Sang building is a tiny two-storey "Victorian Italianate"
dating from 1889. Between the two upper-floor windows
is a doorway through which furniture was winched to
bypass narrow stairways.
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E. 22nd and Nootka
Firehall
No. 15 is the last remaining of its kind still in use
— Firehall No. 13 was demolished in 2002. The
hose towers and distinctive bracketed eaves of these
Craftsman-influenced structures were once familiar landmarks
in neighbourhoods across the city.
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Stanley Park
Originally
designed as a band shell, the venue has been used for
most of its history for the summer musical series, Theatre
Under The Stars (TUTS). The building, known for its
crescentshaped proscenium arch, is a delightful example
of the Moderne style and a beloved city landmark.
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3351 Glen Drive
Yet
another of Vancouver's historic schools could bite the
dust because the cost of seismic and other upgrades
apparently cost more than a new school.
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2880 Willow at West 12th
Designed by Townley
and Matheson, this nine-storey modern landmark was built
to accommodate student nurses enrolled in the former
VGH School of Nursing.
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