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Helen 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark591

Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Commercial building.

Associated Dates: 1956

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Helen's Childrens Wear Sign

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Helen's Childrens Wear Sign

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Associated Dates: 1956

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 12771

Enactment Date: 19/04/2010

Description: Commercial building.

Heritage Value: While the building here is of some importance as the former North Burnaby municipal office, its primary importance is its delightful neon sign that has become a North Burnaby landmark. Helen Arnold opened Helen’s Childrens Wear shop in the building next door to the old Municipal offices in 1948. In 1955, when North Burnaby moved out, she moved into the vacated building. As part of the renovations, Helen enlisted the assistance of her good friend Jimmy Wallace, owner of Vancouver’s Wallace Neon Company, to create a new sign for her expanded business. One of the company’s designers, Reeve Lehman, created the swinging neon girl that was installed in 1956. Designed in two parts, one section of the sign is cloud shaped and reads ‘Helen’s’ while the other section is a moving representation of a little girl on a swing. The sign is nine feet six inches high and nine feet wide, and the lower section is animated with an internal motor and gears. It immediately became a landmark on Hastings Street, and recently the sign’s design fame has spread far and wide as one of the best surviving examples of kinetic neon art in North America.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Community: Burnaby

Names: Helen's Childrens Wear

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Street Address: 4142 Hastings Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

Images

View of 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign at night, 2010 (View from the west. Other). Copyright: City of Burnaby.. . thumbnail

View of 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign from the east, 2013. thumbnail

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Application for Neon Sign on Municipal Highway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport45089

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 44016

Meeting Date: 14-Feb-1955

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 44016

Meeting Date: 14-Feb-1955

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

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Report 44016

14-Feb-1955 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

14-Feb-1955 Meeting Minutes

Application for Permission to Erect a Commercial Sign on Widening Strip on South Side of Kingsway and Request that Curb Parking be Restricted at Sidewalk Crossing - both at 3320 Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44855

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 44269

Meeting Date: 2-May-1955

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 44269

Meeting Date: 2-May-1955

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

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Report 44269

2-May-1955 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

2-May-1955 Meeting Minutes

Application for Permission to Erect Advertising Sign on Block 9, DL 96

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport56812

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72539

Meeting Date: 19-Apr-1933

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72539

Meeting Date: 19-Apr-1933

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

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Report 72539

19-Apr-1933 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

19-Apr-1933 Meeting Minutes

Application for Permission to Erect a Sign on Block 9, DL 96

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport56799

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72526

Meeting Date: 12-Apr-1933

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72526

Meeting Date: 12-Apr-1933

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

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Report 72526

12-Apr-1933 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

12-Apr-1933 Meeting Minutes

Application for Permit to Erect an Advertising Sign for Home Oil Distributors

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64851

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56035

Meeting Date: 30-Jun-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56035

Meeting Date: 30-Jun-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 56035 pdf thumbnail

Report 56035

30-Jun-1930 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

30-Jun-1930 Meeting Minutes

Application to Erect Large Neon Sign Fronting on Kingsway at 3571 Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport45350

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45442

Meeting Date: 1-Nov-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45442

Meeting Date: 1-Nov-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 45442 pdf thumbnail

Report 45442

1-Nov-1954 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

1-Nov-1954 Meeting Minutes

Directional Sign in the Triangle of Land Bounded by Kingsway, Merritt and Imperial Street (Donn Dean Collision Limited)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42193

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38280

Meeting Date: 20-May-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38280

Meeting Date: 20-May-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

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Report 38280

20-May-1958 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

20-May-1958 Meeting Minutes

Installation of "Caution School Children" Sign at Keswick and Lougheed

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44195

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39557

Meeting Date: 30-Jan-1956

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39557

Meeting Date: 30-Jan-1956

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 39557 pdf thumbnail

Report 39557

30-Jan-1956 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

30-Jan-1956 Meeting Minutes

Installation of "Stop" Sign on Scott Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport46167

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45865

Meeting Date: 27-Jul-1953

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45865

Meeting Date: 27-Jul-1953

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 45865 pdf thumbnail

Report 45865

27-Jul-1953 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

27-Jul-1953 Meeting Minutes

Lougheed Drive-In Theatre neon sign

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37885

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the new neon tower at the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre on the 4200 block of Lougheed Highway at Gilmore Avenue.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1958] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-473

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the new neon tower at the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre on the 4200 block of Lougheed Highway at Gilmore Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Drive-in Theatres; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Transportation - Automobiles

Names: Lougheed Drive-In Theatre

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Images

Lougheed Drive-In Theatre neon sign, [1958] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

New Type of Street Sign

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport43484

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 43825

Meeting Date: 3-Dec-1956

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 43825

Meeting Date: 3-Dec-1956

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 43825 pdf thumbnail

Report 43825

3-Dec-1956 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

3-Dec-1956 Meeting Minutes

Permission for Sign Standing on Road Allowance Fronting 2468 Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport45657

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45087

Meeting Date: 17-May-1954

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45087

Meeting Date: 17-May-1954

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

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Report 45087

17-May-1954 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

17-May-1954 Meeting Minutes

Permission to Erect a Sign Across the Sidewalk Opposite to the Premises of C. Jacobsen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64855

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56039

Meeting Date: 30-Jun-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56039

Meeting Date: 30-Jun-1930

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 56039 pdf thumbnail

Report 56039

30-Jun-1930 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

30-Jun-1930 Meeting Minutes

Permission to Erect Directional Signs - Directional Sign Rack at Greenall Avenue and Marine Drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42961

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39208

Meeting Date: 8-Jul-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39208

Meeting Date: 8-Jul-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 39208 pdf thumbnail

Report 39208

8-Jul-1957 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

8-Jul-1957 Meeting Minutes

Permission to Install a Sign Fronting Lot "B" Except the South 200', Block 12, DL 151/153

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44966

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 44122

Meeting Date: 21-Mar-1955

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 44122

Meeting Date: 21-Mar-1955

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 44122 pdf thumbnail

Report 44122

21-Mar-1955 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

21-Mar-1955 Meeting Minutes

Plans for Directory Sign Rack

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42782

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39432

Meeting Date: 16-Sep-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39432

Meeting Date: 16-Sep-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 39432 pdf thumbnail

Report 39432

16-Sep-1957 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

16-Sep-1957 Meeting Minutes

Request for "Caution-School Children" Sign in the 100 Block South Hythe Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42394

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38060

Meeting Date: 10-Feb-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38060

Meeting Date: 10-Feb-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 38060 pdf thumbnail

Report 38060

10-Feb-1958 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

10-Feb-1958 Meeting Minutes

Request for Relocation of Stop Sign at Jubilee and Imperial

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41843

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38606

Meeting Date: 3-Nov-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38606

Meeting Date: 3-Nov-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 38606 pdf thumbnail

Report 38606

3-Nov-1958 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

3-Nov-1958 Meeting Minutes

Request for "Slow" Sign on Duthie at Halifax Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41844

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38596

Meeting Date: 3-Nov-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38596

Meeting Date: 3-Nov-1958

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 38596 pdf thumbnail

Report 38596

3-Nov-1958 Meeting Minutes pdf thumbnail

3-Nov-1958 Meeting Minutes

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