"Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)" found 474 records

Central Park Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: Although still largely a rural area during the 1920s, subdivisions began appearing in the Central Park neighbourhood at this time. Development was slowed by the Great Depression of the 1930s but the influx of commercial buildings and new housing initiatives in the post-war boom led to a period of rapid growth especially in the Garden Village subdivision which was undertaken in 1953 with the plan to build 500 modern homes in the 140-acre site. Despite the closure of the interurban line in 1953, the neighbourhood remained an active commercial and residential centre.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Central Park Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: In 1906, Maxwell Smith, President of the Central Park Farmer's Institute gave a speech in which he commented on the growth of this district and its ideal location during the boom years after 1905. He said: "Central Park is destined to become the epicentre of a great commercial metropolis, when Vancouver and New Westminster will have both expanded and prospered until they meet and fill up the intervening distances with residences of a new city, greater than few can now imagine, even in their wildest flights of fancy...we are proud of the two cities that lie on either side of us but they are, but mere hamlets compared with the great city that is to be on this peninsula. The time is coming when there will be one vast city, one commercial metropolis, and Central Park will be the heart of it."

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Garden Village Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: Bounded by Moscrop Street to the north, Kingsway and Grange to the south, Willingdon to the east and Boundary Road to the west, the Garden Village Neighbourhood is characterised as a primarily residential area that is well-served due to its proximity to commercial, park and business centres. The north-east corner of the neighbourhood is a typical 1950s subdivision of mostly single family homes located on an irregular street pattern, while the remaining areas saw some transition to multi-family housing types throughout the 1970s and up to the current time.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

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Marlborough Elementary School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1950

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Marlborough Avenue

Associated Dates: 1950

Heritage Value: Marlborough Elementary School was built in 1950 and was the second elementary school to be built in Burnaby after the start of the World War Two housing boom. Its design helped establish the general plans for future schools built in the city during this period - no basements, second stories or high stairways. Classrooms could easily be added, in line, as the need arose. There were additions made to Marlborough in 1952, 1961, 1967 and 1971.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Street Address: 6060 Marlborough Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Marlborough Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The Marlborough Neighbourhood is another residential area that was witness to rapid growth and subdivision during the 1950s and 1960s, creating primarily single-family housing stock. In the 1970s and 1980s, as the commercial district around Kingsway grew, so too did higher density housing projects such as townhomes and condominiums.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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Maywood Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: Burnaby's Maywood Neighbourhood consists of the Metrotown Town Centre - one of four Town Centres in the City. Metrotown is one of the region's most developed and fastest growing centres. It is served by the first SkyTrain line developed in the mid-1980s and anchored by B.C.'s largest shopping and entertainment complex. As an older centre that has progressively added new developments over the years, Metrotown offers a range of housing types and tenures from three-storey walk-up apartments to modern residential towers.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Metrotown

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1986

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Associated Dates: 1986

Heritage Value: Although the idea for Metrotown was first expressed in the 1970s, the building itself opened in 1986 and was soon served by the Expo Line of the new SkyTrain system. In the ensuing twenty years, the complex developed into three distinct but adjoining malls - Metropolis at Metrotown, Metrotown Centre, and Station Square. Today, Metrotown serves as the city’s commercial and retail anchor. The mall also includes two large office towers, which by 2001 were home to the head offices for Shaw Cable and TransLink.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Newhoven Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1923

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Smith Avenue

Associated Dates: 1923

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This large house was built in 1923 and first owned by Casper Newhoven, who managed the Empire Transfer & Storage Co. from this address. It would appear his parents, Cornelius (1879-1959), a barber at Joe’s Place on Granville Street, and Catherina (1883-1981) and his brother Martin (1905-1935), a taxi driver for Main Taxis, also lived here. It is a well-maintained example of a Late Craftsman bungalow, and typical of the style it features a gabled roof, tapered verandah piers, multi-paned windows and stained glass sidelights. The round verandah columns are an unusual feature. The Newhovens had left this address by the time of Martin’s death in 1935.

Locality: Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Area: 675.80

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 5488 Smith Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Oakalla Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The phasing out and demolition of the Oakalla Prison farm allowed for the planned development of the Oakalla Neighbourhood in the 1980s. By 1991, the City of Burnaby had adopted the Oakalla Development Plan which called for the transfer of land to the Deer Lake Park reserve as well as the creation of a new residential area consisting of multi-family housing types.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

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Rev. James Black Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1925

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Sussex Avenue

Associated Dates: 1925

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This home was built as a retirement home for Baptist Missionary Reverend James Black and his family in 1925; the Black family resided in the home until the early 1970s. The Black Residence is a good example of the Period Revival movement that occurred between the two World Wars. At the time, it was considered good taste for a house to have an identifiable historical style. The Black Residence was likely designed by a local architect or built by a contractor using a pattern book plan, and the British Arts and Crafts influence was typical of many middle class homes of the period built in Burnaby. The house was originally located facing Sardis Street with a beautiful garden landscape that was lost when the house was relocated in 2005.

Locality: Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Area: 639.00

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 5688 Sussex Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Simpson-Sears

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Associated Dates: 1954

Heritage Value: The Simpson-Sears store on Kingsway opened in 1954 and was the second Simpson-Sears to be located in British Columbia. The store helped to solidify the neighbourhood's growing reputation as a major commercial centre in the Lower Mainland and became a prototype for the company's large format stores across Canada.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

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South Burnaby Cenotaph

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The South Burnaby Cenotaph is located in Bonsor Park at the corner of Nelson Avenue and Imperial Street. The cenotaph commemorates those lost in the First World War, Second World War and the Korean War.

Associated Dates: 1988

Other Names: Bonsor Park Cenotaph

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Bonsor Park Cenotaph

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue

Associated Dates: 1988

Description: The South Burnaby Cenotaph is located in Bonsor Park at the corner of Nelson Avenue and Imperial Street. The cenotaph commemorates those lost in the First World War, Second World War and the Korean War.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Organization: Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, Pompier Unit #314

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: P.I.D. No. 027-719-375

Boundaries: The property (Bonsor Park) is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6749 Nelson Avenue.

Area: 3570.00

Contributing Resource: Landscape Feature; Structure

Ownership: Public (local)

Street Address: 6749 Nelson Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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2700 Block Willingdon Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of neighbours of the Murley family on the 2700 block of Willingdon Avenue (later renumbered as the 6300 block of Willingdon Avenue). A woman and two children are standing in front of a house.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1928] (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 ; 4.5 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-105

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of neighbours of the Murley family on the 2700 block of Willingdon Avenue (later renumbered as the 6300 block of Willingdon Avenue). A woman and two children are standing in front of a house.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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2924 Silver Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1954] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the completed addition to 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1954] (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 ; 2.5 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-340

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the completed addition to 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue).

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6113 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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2924 Silver Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1954 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the construction of an addition to 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue). Three people are on the roof of the house, and two others are on a ladder.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 1954 (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 ; 2.6 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-341

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the construction of an addition to 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue). Three people are on the roof of the house, and two others are on a ladder.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6113 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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5507 to 5555 Inman Ave

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 19 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the properties located at 5507 to 5555 Inman Avenue - addresses that no longer exist. Buildings on the properties are single-storey houses.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 19 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-032

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of the properties located at 5507 to 5555 Inman Avenue - addresses that no longer exist. Buildings on the properties are single-storey houses.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from print envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 89-519-B

Geographic Access: Inman Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

5516-84 Barker St.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 14 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of Barker Avenue and the properties located at 5516-5584 Barker Avenue - addresses that no longer exist. File also contains a photograph of the Sheffield Court at Central Park condominium development being constructed. Sheffield Court is located at 5635 Patterson Avenue

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 14 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-025

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of Barker Avenue and the properties located at 5516-5584 Barker Avenue - addresses that no longer exist. File also contains a photograph of the Sheffield Court at Central Park condominium development being constructed. Sheffield Court is located at 5635 Patterson Avenue

Subjects: Buildings - Residential; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from print envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 89-217-B

Geographic Access: Barker Avenue; Patterson Avenue

Street Address: 5635 Patterson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

5608 to 5628 Imperial Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 16 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the commerical properties located between 5608 and 5628 Imperial Street and the intersection at Imperial Street and MacPherson Avenue. Businesses visible in the photographs include Galaxie Collision, Minit-tune, and Canadian Cash and Carry Tire Centre.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 16 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-018

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of the commerical properties located between 5608 and 5628 Imperial Street and the intersection at Imperial Street and MacPherson Avenue. Businesses visible in the photographs include Galaxie Collision, Minit-tune, and Canadian Cash and Carry Tire Centre.