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Vancouver Road (Kingsway)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark729
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1860
- Heritage Value
- The street we know as Kingsway is one of the legacies of the Royal Engineers' military defences for New Westminster. The fear of an American attack prompted the construction of the False Creek trail - later known as Vancouver Road and now Kingsway - in 1860 to connect the capital city to the ice-free salt water harbour at English Bay.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Marlborough Area
- Windsor Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Savoy Place
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98668
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Savoy Place, an apartment complex located at 6355 Kingsway, at night. The building was constructed in 1968. Two people are standing in the illuminated lobby of the building, and wings of the building flank either side of the entrance, with trees and bushes lining the s…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 634-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2022-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Savoy Place, an apartment complex located at 6355 Kingsway, at night. The building was constructed in 1968. Two people are standing in the illuminated lobby of the building, and wings of the building flank either side of the entrance, with trees and bushes lining the sidewalk.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Cheung, Nakita
- Notes
- Title taken from the associated blog post
- Associated blog post: https://disappearingburnaby.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/savoy-place/
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6355 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area