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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
- Street Address
- 4142 Hastings Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
4250 Grange St
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93892
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of an undeveloped property located at 4250 Grange Street - an address that no longer exists. The property's current address is 5833 Wilson Avenue. A billboard in front of the property reads: Paramount / Coming Soon / Two 21-Storey Luxury Twin Towers".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 622-075
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2017-39
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of an undeveloped property located at 4250 Grange Street - an address that no longer exists. The property's current address is 5833 Wilson Avenue. A billboard in front of the property reads: Paramount / Coming Soon / Two 21-Storey Luxury Twin Towers".
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in
- File no. 93-284-B
- Photographer identified as "J.C."
- Geographic Access
- Wilson Avenue
- Grange Street
- Street Address
- 5833 Wilson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
![Exterior view of the Dragon Inn Restaurant during grand-opening, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0037_0005_001.jpg?width=280)
Exterior view of the Dragon Inn Restaurant during grand-opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4269
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby. Restaurant has large red windows. Crowd of people entering at doors. Esso gas station evident in background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby. Restaurant has large red windows. Crowd of people entering at doors. Esso gas station evident in background.
- Names
- Dragon Inn
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 4524 Hastings Street
- Accession Code
- BV017.37.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 10/29/2017
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Exterior view of the Dragon Inn Restaurant during grand-opening, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0037_0005_001.jpg)
![Ribbon cutting at the Dragon Inn Restaurant's grand-opening, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0037_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Ribbon cutting at the Dragon Inn Restaurant's grand-opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4268
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the ribbon cutting inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby.. Four men are gathered around ribbon that is being cut by Burnaby Mayor, Bill Copeland (holding scissors), restaurant owner, Larry Lee is identifie…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the ribbon cutting inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby.. Four men are gathered around ribbon that is being cut by Burnaby Mayor, Bill Copeland (holding scissors), restaurant owner, Larry Lee is identified on the far left.
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 4524 Hastings Street
- Accession Code
- BV017.37.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 10/29/2017
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Ribbon cutting at the Dragon Inn Restaurant's grand-opening, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0037_0004_001.jpg)
![Smorgasbord at the Dragon Inn Restaurant during grand-opening, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0037_0006_001.jpg?width=280)
Smorgasbord at the Dragon Inn Restaurant during grand-opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4270
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the inside of the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby. Crowd of people helping themselves to a buffet style dinner/"smorgasbord".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the inside of the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby. Crowd of people helping themselves to a buffet style dinner/"smorgasbord".
- Names
- Dragon Inn
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 4524 Hastings Street
- Accession Code
- BV017.37.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 10/29/2017
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Smorgasbord at the Dragon Inn Restaurant during grand-opening, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0037_0006_001.jpg)