"Metrotown" found 171 records

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Steve 2204 Bby - 4 - 73%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Sarbjit Minhas, September 28, 1997 thumbnail

Saul Berson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80593

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 3, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Saul Berson, a saxophone player performing at Metrotown.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 3, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0861

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Saul Berson, a saxophone player performing at Metrotown.

Subjects: Musical Instruments

Names: Berson, Saul

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Mario 1732 / Bby p. 11 71% 08/03"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1954-1959, predominant 1954-1955

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 114 photographs + 15 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from a scrapbook documenting the early years of the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959 - 4750 Kingsway) in Burnaby including the opening day and staff events. Many of the photographs depict, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby,…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 114 photographs + 15 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records from a scrapbook documenting the early years of the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959 - 4750 Kingsway) in Burnaby including the opening day and staff events. Many of the photographs depict, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell and include photographs regarding activities of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association in which T. Boyd Haskell was president 1958-1959. Textual records within fonds include a financial ledger (1954-1956) as well as congratulatory telegrams and cards addressed to Simpsons-Sears staff and managers regarding the Simpsons-Sears store opening in May 1954 along with lists of names of Simpsons-Sears and Sears-Roebuck executive members who visited the store. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series 2) Burnaby Simpsons-Sears adminstrative records series

History: In 1952, U.S. Chairman of Sears-Roebuck and Company, General Robert E.Wood, contacted President of Robert Simpson Company, Edgar G. Burton proposing a partnership between the two companies to serve the Canadian retail market. In September 1952, a merger was signed between the two to create Simpsons-Sears Limited. The terms of the agreement were 50-50. The two main objectives were to expand the Simpsons’ mail order business which was sold to the new company and to build new retail stores across Canada that were modelled on the Sears, Roebuck’s design. In early 1953, operations began with the first Simpsons-Sears Spring/Summer catalogue that was delivered to 300,00 homes across Canada. In September 1953, the first Simpsons-Sears retail store opened in Stratford Ontario and in December 1953 the second store opened in Kamloops, B.C. In 1953, with a 7.6 million dollar investment, construction began on the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway in Burnaby. This was the second Simpsons-Sears store to be built in British Columbia. The store was designed by two Vancouver architectural firms Sharp, Thompson, Berwick and Pratt and Gardiner and Thornton. The new Burnaby Simpsons-Sears was touted as the most modern mall in Canada with the facing of the store consisting of Travertine marble imported from Italy and the main floor included fourty eight miles of brass strips incorporated in the terrazzo floor which was made from marble chips mixed with white Portland concrete. An exterior promenade, built from British Columbia fir and bolted with copper and brass was built around the exterior of the store. The promenade provided an outdoor display area for garden furniture and other large items. The retail store officially opened on May 5, 1954 with Simpsons-Sears executive members, managers and the Reeve of Burnaby in attendance. T. Boyd Haskell, from Spokane, Washington was hired as the Burnaby retail store manager and C.W. Jaggs, former Simpsons' general manager for British Columbia became manager of the Simpsons-Sears mail order business in British Columbia. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place during the opening event with Burnaby Reeve Charles W. MacSorley in attendance along with other dignitaries from Simpsons-Sears including President of Simpsons-Sears, E.G. Burton; Chairman of the board of Simpsons-Sears, Charles W. Burton; Vice President of Simpsons-Sears, G.F. Trotter; Mail Order Manager for Simpsons-Sears, B.C., C.W. Jaggs and Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby, T. Boyd Haskell. Over 10,000 people attended the opening of the store at 11:00 a.m. and it is believed that throughout the day, over 75,000 people went through the new store. T. Boyd Haskell was manager of the Burnaby Simpsons-Sears store between 1953 and 1962. After graduating from college, Haskell joined the Sears-Roebuck department store chain. In 1953 he moved to Vancouver from Washington State to set up the new store in Burnaby. In 1962, Haskell left Simpsons-Sears in Burnaby and transferred to the Sears store in Los Angeles. During his time in British Columbia, Haskell served as the President of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association (1958-1959), President of the Community Chest and Councils of Greater Vancouver (1960) and was also a member of the board of directors of the B.C. Lions football team. Haskell died in Arizona in 1969 at the age of 54 years. In 1978, the Hudson’s Bay Company purchased “Simpsons” and converted many of the department stores into The Bay, including the store in downtown Toronto. Sears stores continued to carry the name “Simpsons-Sears” until 1984 when the named changed to “Sears Canada”. The Simpsons-Sears store (later named "Sears") located at 4750 Kingsway (Metropolis at Metrotown) closed it's doors in 2018.

Creator: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Accession Code: BV021.26; BV022.17

Date: 1954-1959, predominant 1954-1955

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Related Material: See also: memorial program for T.B. Haskell in Burnaby Village Museum artifact collection BV021.26.166

Arrangement: Arrangement of records is based on original order of scrapbook and financial ledger by creator(s). Photographs and textual records were described in the order that they were arranged within original scrapbook prior to being removed.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

SkyTrain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 7, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a SkyTrain car on the tracks.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 7, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 21 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1373

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of a SkyTrain car on the tracks.

Subjects: Transportation - Public Transit

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby File 3983 B / 21 x 30 p 9 / NW 5"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped); Accompanying caption reads: "Oct 7, 1998, 3983: / Crack dealers use SkyTrain as transportation between Metrotown and New Westminster."

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Student Choir

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 21, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 22 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road Elementary choir performing at Metrotown Centre.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 21, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 22 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1044

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road Elementary choir performing at Metrotown Centre.

Subjects: Organizations - Choirs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 13. 78% / Mario 2868 Bby"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Student Choir, December 21, 1997 thumbnail

Sussex Villa

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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 part of the exterior and front lawn of Sussex Villa, an apartment complex located at 6620-6630 Sussex Avenue, at night. The building was constructed in 1965 and is set to be developed into a high-rise tower by Keltic Canada Development. A light is on inside one of the apartment window…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2022

Collection/Fonds: Disappearing Burnaby collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 634-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2022-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of part of the exterior and front lawn of Sussex Villa, an apartment complex located at 6620-6630 Sussex Avenue, at night. The building was constructed in 1965 and is set to be developed into a high-rise tower by Keltic Canada Development. A light is on inside one of the apartment windows and a sign for the "Metrotown - Regional Town Centre Notification of Area Plan" stands on the lawn.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Apartments; Buildings - Residential; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Planning - City Planning

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cheung, Nakita

Notes: Title taken from the associated blog post; Associated blog post: https://disappearingburnaby.wordpress.com/2022/01/29/sussex-villa-2/

Geographic Access: Sussex Avenue

Street Address: 6620 Sussex Avenue; 6630 Sussex Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Taki Galonopoulos

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 22, 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Taki Galonopoulos, a fourth year kinesiology student at Simon Fraser University examining a model of a human spine while visiting the Science and Technology Showcase at Metrotown. The event was sponsored by the City of Burnaby, Simon Fraser University and the provincial government.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 22, 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0023

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Taki Galonopoulos, a fourth year kinesiology student at Simon Fraser University examining a model of a human spine while visiting the Science and Technology Showcase at Metrotown. The event was sponsored by the City of Burnaby, Simon Fraser University and the provincial government.

Names: Galonopoulos, Taki

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "2841 A Mario Bby / 10/22 BNW p. 15 80%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

Geographic Access: Kingsway

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Taki Galonopoulos, October 22, 1995 thumbnail

Wally Richardson, Leo Nimsick and Ben Wicks

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 19, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 23.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Wally Richardson of Sears Canada (left), with Rotary’s Leo Nimsick (right) and author of "Born to Read" Ben Wicks (centre) at Metrotown mall promoting literacy.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 19, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 23.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0957

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Wally Richardson of Sears Canada (left), with Rotary’s Leo Nimsick (right) and author of "Born to Read" Ben Wicks (centre) at Metrotown mall promoting literacy.

Names: Richardson, Wally; Nimsick, Leo; Wicks, Ben

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ponne, Simone

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "2341 B Bby Simone 54% Bby p 12"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Wally Richardson, Leo Nimsick and Ben Wicks, October 19, 1997 thumbnail

Woman sitting in a hammock

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 17, 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting in a hammock at Metrotown mall.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 17, 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0101

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting in a hammock at Metrotown mall.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bartel Bby 3557 F / 65% Bby 12"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Woman sitting in a hammock, December 17, 1995 thumbnail

Yaletown Buskers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 9, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of one of the members of the “Yaletown Buskers” performing at the Eaton Centre courtyard at Metrotown.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 9, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1301

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of one of the members of the “Yaletown Buskers” performing at the Eaton Centre courtyard at Metrotown.

Subjects: Occupations - Musicians

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ponne, Simone

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "1648 A Bby Simone / 39% Bby 5"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Yaletown Buskers, August 9, 1998 thumbnail

Jan Howard

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80639

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 3, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jan Howard tasting hot sauces at Metrotown's Taste of Heaven.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 3, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0907

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jan Howard tasting hot sauces at Metrotown's Taste of Heaven.

Names: Howard, Jan

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 3 83% / Bartel Bby 1977"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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