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Opposed to twin-tower development

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56666
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Willingdon Heights community protesting against Bosa Bros Construction Ltd's proposal to build a twin-tower development on corner of Hastings Street and Boundary Road. They protested with picket signs that read: "STOP BLOCK-BUSTING" and "COUNCIL MUST LISTEN!". Despite t…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1980
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1255
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of members of the Willingdon Heights community protesting against Bosa Bros Construction Ltd's proposal to build a twin-tower development on corner of Hastings Street and Boundary Road. They protested with picket signs that read: "STOP BLOCK-BUSTING" and "COUNCIL MUST LISTEN!". Despite these demonstrations, Bosa Bros Construction Ltd. was eventually granted permission from council to build the twin-towers.
Subjects
Protests and Demonstrations
Names
Bosa Properties
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Hodge, Craig
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "RESIDENTS AGAINST HIGHRISES ... Burnaby residents braved a Sunday drizzle to carry on their battle to stop Bosa Bros. Construction from building a 13 and 15-storey apartment complex at the corner of Hastings and Boundary. Protesters say the complex will not fit in with the character of the surrounding neighbourhood."
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Boundary Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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Burnaby's Operation Identification

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45330
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1976, published January 7, 1976
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch putting up a sign in preparation for Burnaby's Operation Identification, which was "the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada" when "47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment [joined] 47 Rotarians from the Burna…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1976, published January 7, 1976
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-225
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch putting up a sign in preparation for Burnaby's Operation Identification, which was "the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada" when "47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment [joined] 47 Rotarians from the Burnaby Kingsway Rotary Club and start door-to-door visits in 800 residences in South Burnaby. The teams [carried] electric engraving pens for marking all property susceptible to theft."
Subjects
Occupations - Civic Workers
Public Services - Policing
Names
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Burnaby Kingsway Rotary Club
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Burnaby detachment of the RCMP has embarked on the largest single crime prevention policy of its kind in Canada. "Operation Identification" officially kicks off tonight when 47 uniformed officers of the Burnaby detachment will join with 47 Rotarians from the Burnaby Kingsway Rotary Club and start door-to-door visits in 800 residences in South Burnaby. The teams will be carrying electric engraving pens for marking all property susceptible to theft. Municipal workers Bill Ramsay and Greg Finch are shown erecting one of the signs on Canada Way at 14th Avenue as "sidewalk superintendents" Sandra Finch and Corinne Williams look on."
Geographic Access
Canada Way
14th Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Images
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Opening of the Knight and Day Restaurant at Boundary and Lougheed Highway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59215
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1982]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 18.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a sign advertising the new location of Knight & Day Restaurant opening in December. There is a long line of people lining up next to the restaurant in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1982]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 18.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1530
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2009-01
Scope and Content
Photograph of a sign advertising the new location of Knight & Day Restaurant opening in December. There is a long line of people lining up next to the restaurant in the background.
Subjects
Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "PMT 100% / page 1 / Burnaby Today"
Geographic Access
Lougheed Highway
Boundary Road
Images
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Working at the Dominion Bridge Co.'s Burnaby plant

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45613
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1966, published April 18, 1966
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 18.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of workmen at the Dominion Bridge Co.'s Burnaby plant. They are feeding a flat steel plate, more than three inches think inot a pyramind roll for fabrication in the making of a sulfinol vessel for the petroleum industry in Alberta. The workmen are wearing asbestos aluminum suits to withs…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1966, published April 18, 1966
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 18.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-507
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of workmen at the Dominion Bridge Co.'s Burnaby plant. They are feeding a flat steel plate, more than three inches think inot a pyramind roll for fabrication in the making of a sulfinol vessel for the petroleum industry in Alberta. The workmen are wearing asbestos aluminum suits to withstand the intense heat reflected from the heated plate (the plate was heated in a furnace before being fed into the pyramid roll).
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Factories
Occupations - Labourers
Names
Dominion Bridge Company
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Henry Tregillas Photography Ltd.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Boundary Road
Street Address
2400 Boundary Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
West Central Valley Area
Images
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