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![Cranberry Commons, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2517-1.jpg?width=280)
Cranberry Commons
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96962
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Ronaye Mathew at Cranberry Commons, a cohousing development in North Burnaby that received an Environment Award from the City of Burnaby. Photographs depict Mathew in the development's courtyard and posing in the communal kitchen.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2517
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Ronaye Mathew at Cranberry Commons, a cohousing development in North Burnaby that received an Environment Award from the City of Burnaby. Photographs depict Mathew in the development's courtyard and posing in the communal kitchen.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Apartments
- Buildings - Residential
- Buildings - Residential - Townhouses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2517-1: "Ronaye Mathew relaxes in the central courtyard at Cranberry Commons, a cohousing development in North Burnaby that's been honoured by the city with an Environment Award."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2517-2: "Ronaye Mathew enjoys a rare moment of peace in the communal kitchen at Cranberry Commons, a cohousing development in North Burnaby. At least three times a week, the kitchen is crowded for communal dinners. The development has been honored by the City with an Environment Award."
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Street Address
- 4272 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
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![Cranberry Commons, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2517-1.jpg)
City of Burnaby Archives
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62664
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 27, 2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the City of Burnaby Archives.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 27, 2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600ppi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 503-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the City of Burnaby Archives.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Archives
- Names
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Pasch, Rebecca
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Street Address
- 4595 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4370
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:03:12 min)
- Scope and Content
- Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Janet White’s school years and the activities and sports she participated in, formally and informally. She lived near 6th and Edmonds St., and then in the Cascades area, by Nithsdale St., and attended Schou Elementary. She attended many schools as …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:03:12 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Date of interview: May 10, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34
- Scope and Content
- Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Janet White’s school years and the activities and sports she participated in, formally and informally. She lived near 6th and Edmonds St., and then in the Cascades area, by Nithsdale St., and attended Schou Elementary. She attended many schools as soon as they were built, attending Gilmore Avenue, then Cascade Heights, Alpha Junior High, Moscrop Secondary, and finally Burnaby Central Secondary. Play was unstructured, with the Cascades bush and the tunnel parallel to and going under Smith Avenue being favourite places to play.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Names
- Gooden, Tom
- White, Janet
- Schou Street School
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Cascade Heights Elementary School
- Alpha Secondary School
- Moscrop Secondary School
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Geographic Access
- 6th Street
- Edmonds Street
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [195-] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
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Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 1, [195-] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
Interview with Janet White May 10, 2005 - Track 1, [195-] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0001_001.mp3![McGill Library construction, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2462-1.jpg?width=280)
McGill Library construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96905
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of staff in new McGill Library, in the final stages of its construction. Photographs depict Linnea Gibbs, the Branch Librarian, viewing Confederation Park through the library's windows, and Gibbs and Kathryn Lee, the children's librarian, at the under-construction informat…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2462
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of staff in new McGill Library, in the final stages of its construction. Photographs depict Linnea Gibbs, the Branch Librarian, viewing Confederation Park through the library's windows, and Gibbs and Kathryn Lee, the children's librarian, at the under-construction information counter.
- Names
- Burnaby Public Library
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2462-1: "Linnea Gibbs, the Branch Librarian at the McGill Library, admires the view of the North Shore Mountains from the library's new building, which is in the final stages of construction behind the old building."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2462-2: "Kathryn Lee, the children's librarian, and Linnea Gibbs, the branch librarian, discuss their plans for the giant new information counter at the McGill Library's new home, nearly completed behind the old branch."
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Albert Street
- Street Address
- 4595 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![McGill Library construction, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2462-1.jpg)
![McGill Library construction, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2633.jpg?width=280)
McGill Library construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97106
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of librarian Linnea Gibbs, vice-chair of the Burnaby Public Library Board Ernest Neumann, and chair Brenda Wagg standing in front of the construction site for the new McGill Library branch on Albert Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2633
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of librarian Linnea Gibbs, vice-chair of the Burnaby Public Library Board Ernest Neumann, and chair Brenda Wagg standing in front of the construction site for the new McGill Library branch on Albert Street.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Linnea Gibbs (R), the librarian at the McGill branch of the Burnaby Public Library, discusses the progress of construction on the branch's new addition with Ernest Neumann, vice-chair of the Library Board, and Brenda Wagg, the chair."
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Street Address
- 4595 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![McGill Library construction, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2633.jpg)
![McGill Library demolition, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2574.jpg?width=280)
McGill Library demolition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97042
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a construction excavator demolishing the old McGill Library building at 4595 Albert Street, with the new Library building visible behind the demolition.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2574
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a construction excavator demolishing the old McGill Library building at 4595 Albert Street, with the new Library building visible behind the demolition.
- Names
- Burnaby Public Library
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "The old McGrill Library succumbs to wrecking crews as the new branch, in the background, awaits its grand opening in September."
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Street Address
- 4595 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![McGill Library demolition, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2574.jpg)
![McGill Library Internet workshop, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2027.jpg?width=280)
McGill Library Internet workshop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96346
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Public Library librarian Linda Levar, posing next to a desktop computer and holding a book that reads "Internet for Kids."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2027
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Public Library librarian Linda Levar, posing next to a desktop computer and holding a book that reads "Internet for Kids."
- Names
- Burnaby Public Library
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Linda Levar, a reference librarian at Burnaby's McGill Library, has organized a workshop on internet awareness for kids and parents. The workshop will give internet users the tools and strategies to protect their personal information."
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Street Address
- 4595 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![McGill Library Internet workshop, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2027.jpg)
![Moving into the new McGill Library, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2509-1.jpg?width=280)
Moving into the new McGill Library
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96954
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the move into the new McGill Library branch. Photographs depict library page Daljit Sidhu shelving books, in silhouette against the Library's windows, and unidentified movers wheeling a cart of library materials into the new building.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2509
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the move into the new McGill Library branch. Photographs depict library page Daljit Sidhu shelving books, in silhouette against the Library's windows, and unidentified movers wheeling a cart of library materials into the new building.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Libraries
- Names
- Burnaby Public Library
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2509-1: "Daljit Sidhu, a page at the McGill Library, sorts books onto the shelves in the new library. The McGill branch is closed until September as staff transfer the contents of the old building into the new."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2509-2: "Movers tackle the monumental task of transfering the contents of McGill Library's old building into the new one just behind it. The branch is closed until September for the move, and the demolition of the old branch."
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Street Address
- 4595 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![Moving into the new McGill Library, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2509-1.jpg)
![Snow at McGill Library and Confederation Park, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2009.jpg?width=280)
Snow at McGill Library and Confederation Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96326
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kelvin Ting reading inside the McGill Library in North Burnaby next to the library's large windows. Outside, Confederation Park is covered in snow.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kelvin Ting reading inside the McGill Library in North Burnaby next to the library's large windows. Outside, Confederation Park is covered in snow.
- Names
- Burnaby Public Library
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "When the weather outside is frightful, there's few things more delightful than staying inside, curled up with a book, as Kelvin Ting discovers at the McGill Library in North Burnaby."
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Confederation Park
- Street Address
- 4595 Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
![Snow at McGill Library and Confederation Park, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2009.jpg)
![Starlite Room fire, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2044.jpg?width=280)
Starlite Room fire
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96363
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two Burnaby fire fighters outside of the Starlite Room banquet hall after fighting a fire. One fire fighter is climbing down a ladder as the other holds it. The Starlite Room's sign is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2044
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two Burnaby fire fighters outside of the Starlite Room banquet hall after fighting a fire. One fire fighter is climbing down a ladder as the other holds it. The Starlite Room's sign is visible in the background.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby firefighters mop up after fire gutted the Starlite Room banquet hall, in the 7600 block of 6th St., early Saturday morning. The building's second floor was severly damaged by the fire, while other businesses on the ground floor received smoke and water damage. One person was slightly injured. The fire was the second of the night for Burnaby firefighters, who also battled a fire in a single-family home in the 5500 block of Donovan Ave., causing $280,000 damage. Nobody was home at the time."
- Geographic Access
- 6th Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
![Starlite Room fire, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2044.jpg)