"Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)" found 69 records

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Lunar New Year celebrations at the Metrotown mall. In one photograph, Burnaby North MLA Pietro Calendino helps to "waken the lion." In the other, a Buddha dances with the lions in the atrium of the mall as spectators look down from the storeys of the mall above.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1586

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Lunar New Year celebrations at the Metrotown mall. In one photograph, Burnaby North MLA Pietro Calendino helps to "waken the lion." In the other, a Buddha dances with the lions in the atrium of the mall as spectators look down from the storeys of the mall above.

Subjects: Celebrations; Holidays - Chinese New Year; Performances

Names: Metrotown; Calendino, Pietro

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1586-1: "Burnaby North MLA Pietro Calendino helps "waken the lion" by painting dots on its tongue and eyes, at Chinese New Year's celebrations at Burnaby's Metrotown mall."; Caption from metadata for 535-1586-2: "A "Buddha" dances with the lions at Chinese New Year's celebrations at Burnaby's Metrotown Centre."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Lion dance at Metrotown Mall, [2001] thumbnail

Lorne Kellet Quartet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the Lorne Kellet Quartet, with Alvin Cornista on saxophone, performing during the lunchtime Metrotower Summer Music Series at Metrotown. Unidentified audience members are listening to the concert in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2618

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the Lorne Kellet Quartet, with Alvin Cornista on saxophone, performing during the lunchtime Metrotower Summer Music Series at Metrotown. Unidentified audience members are listening to the concert in the background.

Subjects: Performances - Concerts; Occupations - Musicians

Names: Metrotown

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an August 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2618-1: "Lunchtime music fans are framed by Alvin Cornista, sax man for the Lorne Kellet Quartet, playing at the Metrotower Summer Music Series."; Caption from metadata for 535-2618-2: "Alvin Cornista, sax man for the Lorne Kellet Quartet, grooves at the Metrotower Summer Music Series, in the plaza behind Metropolis at Metrotown. The free lunchtime concerts run through the summer."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Marlborough Elementary School musical

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 6 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Marlborough Elementary School students who produced a musical about peace. Photographs depict the group of students together, holding up their hands in peace signs, and portraits of some of the unidentified students.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 6 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Marlborough Elementary School students who produced a musical about peace. Photographs depict the group of students together, holding up their hands in peace signs, and portraits of some of the unidentified students.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Recreational Activities - Theatre

Names: Marlborough Elementary School

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: "Students at Marlborough Elementary School, in Burnaby, have some things to say about peace, in a musical they've produced."

Geographic Access: Marlborough Avenue

Street Address: 6060 Marlborough Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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Marlborough Elementary School musical, [2003] thumbnail

Metrofest

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the second annual Metrofest at Metropolis at Metrotown. Photographs depict an unidentified rider from the Kona Stunt Riding Team performing a bike trick in the air and a member of Stabilo Boss singing and playing a guitar during the outdoor concert.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2759

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the second annual Metrofest at Metropolis at Metrotown. Photographs depict an unidentified rider from the Kona Stunt Riding Team performing a bike trick in the air and a member of Stabilo Boss singing and playing a guitar during the outdoor concert.

Subjects: Events; Performances - Concerts

Names: Metrotown

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an August 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2759-1: "A rider from the Kona Stunt Riding Team appears to soar over the Metrotown towers at the second annual Metrofest at Metropolis. The back-to-school blowout also featured a concert in the parking lot and a rock climbing wall."; Caption from metadata for 535-2759-2: "Stabilo Boss opens the second annual Metrofest concert at Metropolis in Burnaby on Thursday."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Metrotown: Burnaby Heritage Resource Inventory

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records and 171 photographs : col. and b&w ; 9 cm x 17 cm and smaller

Scope and Content: File contains the galley proof of "Metrotown: Burnaby Heritage Resource Inventory" published by the Burnaby Historical Society in Summer 1986. The publication text, captions, and photographs are adhered to the inventory's pages. File also contains an invoice and receipt from Budget Printing for 25…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records and 171 photographs : col. and b&w ; 9 cm x 17 cm and smaller

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS204-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2019-09

Scope and Content: File contains the galley proof of "Metrotown: Burnaby Heritage Resource Inventory" published by the Burnaby Historical Society in Summer 1986. The publication text, captions, and photographs are adhered to the inventory's pages. File also contains an invoice and receipt from Budget Printing for 25 copies of the publications.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Metrotown bus loop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the bus loop at Metrotown. Photographs depict transit riders waiting in lines and on seats for buses and a TransLink bus in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1940

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the bus loop at Metrotown. Photographs depict transit riders waiting in lines and on seats for buses and a TransLink bus in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Buses; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: Metrotown

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Medig, Kari

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Passengers wait for TransLink buses at the bus loop at Metrotown Centre in Burnaby on Monday."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Metrotown Eaton's store closing

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the Eaton's in the former Eaton Centre, now Metropolis at Metrotown, preparing to close. Photographs depict unidentified shoppers in the store with signs advertising the store closing and sale prices, and an unidentified person posing in the mall in front of a sign of t…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3307

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the Eaton's in the former Eaton Centre, now Metropolis at Metrotown, preparing to close. Photographs depict unidentified shoppers in the store with signs advertising the store closing and sale prices, and an unidentified person posing in the mall in front of a sign of the Eaton's logo.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Malls; Events

Names: Metrotown

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Collected by editorial for use in an August 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Metrotown Eaton's store closing, [1999] thumbnail

Metrotown Games Workshop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 5 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Games Workshop, a model and tabletop gaming store in Metrotown, and store manager Owen Curtis. Photographs depict Curtis posing in the store with products and game figurines, and an unidentified person next to a tabletop game.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 5 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2938

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Games Workshop, a model and tabletop gaming store in Metrotown, and store manager Owen Curtis. Photographs depict Curtis posing in the store with products and game figurines, and an unidentified person next to a tabletop game.

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Buildings - Commercial - Stores

Names: Metrotown

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2938-3: "Owen Curtis, the manager at Games Workshop, in Burnaby's Metrotown Mall, says he expects the new game based on the Lord of the Rings will attract new players to fantasy gaming."; Caption from metadata for 535-2938-4: "Owen Curtis, the manager at Games Workshop, in Burnaby's Metrotown Mall, with a fantasy figurine, which gamers paint and display, or use as game pieces in their fantasy games."; Caption from metadata for 535-2938-5: "Owen Curtis, of Games Workshop, in Burnaby's Metrotown Mall, lines up a battle between armies of fantasy figurines. The store has a special gaming area where customers can simulate historical or fantasy battles with the tiny, intricately painted models."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Metrotown Games Workshop, [2002] thumbnail

Metrotown Station Square

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1989

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 83 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 2 computer disks ; 14 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographs of Metrotown Station Square during construction. Businesses visible in the photographs include: Eastons, Holiday Inn, Future Shop, Great Canadian Superstore, and Toy City Consumers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1989

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

Physical Description: 83 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 2 computer disks ; 14 x 14 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-030

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of Metrotown Station Square during construction. Businesses visible in the photographs include: Eastons, Holiday Inn, Future Shop, Great Canadian Superstore, and Toy City Consumers.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Malls; Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Construction

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from print envelopes photographs were originally housed in; File no. 89-512-B; Computer disks are labelled "Station Square Metro Town Nov /89". Computer disk envelopes are labelled "Suite 660-1380 Burrard ST / Van, BC"

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue

Street Address: 6200 McKay Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Metrotown Station Square, November 1989 thumbnail

The Moore's Milers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 6 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of The Moore's Milers, a group of seniors that has gathered to exercise and socialize three times a week at Burnaby's Swangard Stadium for 25 years. Photographs depict the group exercising and laughing together in the stadium, and the file also includes a photograph of a l…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 6 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2349

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of The Moore's Milers, a group of seniors that has gathered to exercise and socialize three times a week at Burnaby's Swangard Stadium for 25 years. Photographs depict the group exercising and laughing together in the stadium, and the file also includes a photograph of a laughter clinic at New Westminster's Century House.

Subjects: Persons - Seniors; Recreational Activities

Names: Swangard Stadium

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2349-2: "Betty Bradbury (right) enjoys a joke at the end of the Moore's Milers' exercise session. "It's good to laugh," says Betty."; Caption from metadata for 535-2349-3: "Laughter clinics, like this one at New Westminster's Century House, help seniors keep their mind, and wit, sharp."; Caption from metadata for 535-2349-4: "Hazel Binyon limbers up."; Caption from metadata for 535-2349-5: "Three times a week, for the past 25 years, the Moore's Milers have been gathering exercise and socialize in front of the empty grandstand at Burnaby's Swangard Stadium."; Caption from metadata for 535-2349-6: "Florence Daws, 86, leads the Moore's Milers in stretching exercises. She's one of the oldest members of the club, which has been gathering to work out and socialize three times a week at Burnaby's Swangard Stadium for 25 years."

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. The first two pages are numbered "A" and "B" and are key plans from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY", "PLA…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scales [1:1200] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. The first two pages are numbered "A" and "B" and are key plans from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY", "PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ASSN.". Key Plan "B" covers plans: 1505; 1506; 1512 to 1516; 1540 to 1544; 1550 to 1557 and District Lots: 129 to 132; 135 to 138; 205 to 208 and 215 to 218. Key Plan "A" covers plans: 1501 to 1504; 1507 to 1511; 1517 to 1525; 1531 to 1539; 1545 to 1550 and District Lots: 116 to 127 and 186 to 189. Plan "1806" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lot 153. Plan "1807" is from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lots: 99,149 and 152.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood); Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Sperling-Broadway Area; Lochdale Area; Parkcrest-Aubrey Area; Westridge Area; Willingdon Heights Area; Capitol Hill Area; Maywood Area; Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; Scales are measured 1 inch = 100 feet and 1 inch = 500 feet; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints, ms. annotations in blue ink ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1507" and plan "1517" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Plan "1507" covers District Lot 186 and plan "1…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints, ms. annotations in blue ink ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:600] and [1:1200]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1507" and plan "1517" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Plan "1507" covers District Lot 186 and plan "1517" covers District Lot 116. Plan "1804" and plan "1805" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Plans "1804" and "1805" cover District Lot 153.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area; Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 100 feet

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1927-[1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets: col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1518" and "1519" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Plan "1518" covers District Lot 116 and Plan "1519"…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets: col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:600]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1518" and "1519" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Plan "1518" covers District Lot 116 and Plan "1519" covers District Lot 121. Plan "1802" and plan "1803" are from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927". Both plans "1802" and "1803" cover District Lot 153.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1927-[1940]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area; Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 50 feet; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to access plans 1518 and 1519 (these plans have revisions on top - date of revisions is uncertain)

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XVI and Volume XVII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Page "D" is titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITE…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:1200] and [1:6000]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Page "D" is titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. FIRE BRANCH _ B.C. INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ASSN." / KEY PLAN". Plans covered in this "Key Plan" are numbered 1601 to 1626, 1632 and 1651 covering District Lots: 15; 31; 100 to 102; 114; 141 to 144; 147 and 148; 209 to 214. Plan "E" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans: 1701 to 1705; 1711 to 1715; 1723 to 1727; 1729 to 1733; 1737 to 1742 and District Lots: 68 to 74; 80 to 84; 32 to 35 and 38 to 39. Plan marked "F" is a key plan titled: "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Surveyed _ May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY and covers plans: 1706 to 1710; 1716 to 1722; 1734 and 1735; 1743 to 1752 and District Lots: 42 to 44; 59; 75 to 80; 83 to 87; 89 to 93 and 130. Plan "1729" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots 34 and 35.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood); Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood); Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area; Lyndhurst Area; Lake City Area; Cascade-Schou Area; Garden Village Area; Douglas-Gilpin Area; Oakalla Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XVIII and Volume XIX

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 plans on 2 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of two pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1832" is from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lots: 98 and 28. Plan "K" is part of a key …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 plans on 2 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:1200] to [1:6000]

Scope and Content: File consists of two pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1832" is from "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May, 1927" and covers District Lots: 98 and 28. Plan "K" is part of a key plan "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / Surveyed VOLUME XIX May 1927 / MUNICIPALITY OF / BURNABY / PLAN DEPT. British Columbia Ins. Underwriters Association / FIRE BRANCH / KEY PLAN", "Scale 500 FT = 1 INCH / FOR REPORT SEE VOL. XV" covering plans: 1901 to 1914 and District Lots: 161; 164 to 167; 155c; 155; 172 and 173.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood); Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood); Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area; Marlborough Area; Second Street Area; Big Bend Area; Sussex-Nelson Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XVIII and Volume XIX, May 1927

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV, Volume XVI, Volume XVII, Volume XVIII

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1531" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 116 and 117. Key Plan "C" is part of …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Fire Insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 plans on 4 sheets : col. lithographic prints ; 63.5 x 53.5 cm folded to 53 x 31.5 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:600] and [1:1200]

Scope and Content: File consists of four pages of plans removed from a bound book containing a series of fire insurance plans of the Municipality of Burnaby. Plan "1531" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XV / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 116 and 117. Key Plan "C" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVI / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans 1623 to 1651 and District Lots: 1 and 2; 4; 6; 8; 10 to 14; 25; 27; 40; 56 to 58; 88 and 89. Plan "1738" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers District Lots: 34 and 35. Key plan "G" is part of "GREATER VANCOUVER B.C. / VOLUME XVIII / Municipality of Burnaby / May 1927" and covers plans: 1801 to 1813; 1823; 1824; 1833 to 1838; 1841 to 1853 and District Lots: 32; 93; 94; 97 to 99; 149; 150; 152; 155 to 159; 161 to 164.

Creator: Plan Department, British Columbia Insurance Underwriters' Association

Responsibility: British Columbia Underwriters' Association

Accession Code: HV972.111.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: May 1927

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood); Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood); Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood); Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood); East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood); Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood); Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area; Marlborough Area; Maywood Area; Windsor Area; Big Bend Area; Garden Village Area; Willingdon Heights Area; West Central Valley Area; Cariboo-Armstrong Area; Lyndhurst Area; Cameron Area; Lake City Area; Edmonds Area; Second Street Area; Sperling-Broadway Area; Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on content of plans; See also BV987.1.70d for revised versions of plans; Scale is measured 1 inch = 500 feet

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Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV, Volume XVI, Volume XVII, Volume XVIII, May 1927

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New Year at T&T Supermarket

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of two managers at the Metrotown T&T Supermarket displaying foods and customs before Chinese New Year.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1752

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of two managers at the Metrotown T&T Supermarket displaying foods and customs before Chinese New Year.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores; Holidays - Chinese New Year

Names: Metrotown

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1752-1: "Yanting Chen, the seafood manager at T&T Supermarket, at Metrotown, with a red snapper. Fish is a traditional meal for Chinese New Year's Eve, and a whole fish symbolizes abundance and completeness."; Caption from metadata for 535-1752-2: "Melina Hung, the marketing manager for T&T Supermarket, at Metrotown, makes sure she'll have prosperity for the coming new year by picking an even number of oranges. Serving food in even numbers during Chinese New Year is seen as a harbinger of good fortune and abundance."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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"Prospero Centre" / 4361 Kingsway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 24 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of Prospero Centre, a commercial complex located at 4361 Kingsway.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

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

Physical Description: 24 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-034

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of Prospero Centre, a commercial complex located at 4361 Kingsway.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from print envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 89-554-B

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4361 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Royal visit photographs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1986

Collection/Fonds: Mayor s Office fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 34 photographs : col. ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm and 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the Royal visit of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, to Burnaby on May 6, 1986. Photographs depict: the ceremony held in Central Park; the BC Tel building at Boundary & Kingsway with a welcome banner; the crowds in attendance; and various officials, including Ma…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 6, 1986

Collection/Fonds: Mayor s Office fonds

Series: Civic ceremonies, awards and special events series

Physical Description: 34 photographs : col. ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm and 9 x 13 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 626-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2001-01

Scope and Content: Photographs of the Royal visit of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, to Burnaby on May 6, 1986. Photographs depict: the ceremony held in Central Park; the BC Tel building at Boundary & Kingsway with a welcome banner; the crowds in attendance; and various officials, including Mayor William Lewarne and the Mayor of Loughborough, England.

Subjects: Events - Royal Visits; Persons - Royalty; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948-; Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997; Lewarne, William A. "Bill"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Central Park; Boundary Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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