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Parkcrest-Aubrey Neighbourhood

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1955-2008
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1955-2008
Heritage Value
After its initial subdivision and development in the early 1950s, the Parkcrest-Audrey Neighbourhood continued to be a primarily residential area. In the 1980 Residential Neighbourhood Environment Study, the area was characterised as a stable residential neighbourhood that was served by the major collector streets Holdom, Broadway, Parker and Kensington.
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
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Parkcrest Neighbourhood

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1925-1954
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1925-1954
Heritage Value
On May 10, 1951, the Burnaby News-Courier reported on the new Parkcrest subdivision, saying: "Central Burnaby is the scenic locale of a successful attempt to produce modern houses economically and yet avoid the mass production effect common to other housing developments. That is one of the many highlights peculiar to the new Parkcrest development of 275 homes...By giving home purchasers a wide choice of finishes, extras and colours, hundreds of variations are possible on the six basic floor plans...Travelling time by car to Hastings and Granville from Parkcrest has been clocked at 15 minutes...Both primary and junior high schools are within walking distance. A modern shopping centre is planned for the future...Several streets are laid out in a straight but irregular manner, thus eliminating the prosaic side by side appearance block by block, as in other housing developments."
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
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5650 Lougheed Hwy

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
October 1995
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
28 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of the commerical properties located at Lougheed Highway, Holdom Avenue, and Goring Street. Stores visible in the photograph include Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway - an address that no longer exists.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
October 1995
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Physical Description
28 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
622-135
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2017-39
Scope and Content
Photographs of the commerical properties located at Lougheed Highway, Holdom Avenue, and Goring Street. Stores visible in the photograph include Lumberland, located at 5650 Lougheed Highway - an address that no longer exists.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Names
Lumberland
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Young, Richard
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in
File no. 95-357-B
Sticky note adhered to 622-135-18 print reads: "1) View south west from Lougheed Hwy."
Sticky note adhered to 622-135-23 print reads: "2) The two level building - view south"
Sticky note adhered to 622-135-1 print reads: "3) The east yard area - view south"
Sticky note adhered to 622-135-4 print reads: "4) View north west from Holdom Ave."
Sticky note adhered to 622-135-20 print reads: "5) View west along Lougheed Hwy."
Sticky note adhered to 622-135-26 print reads: "6) View east along Lougheed Hwy."
Sticky note adhered to 622-135-13 print reads: "7) View south along Holdmon Ave."
Sticky note adhered to 622-135-7 print reads: "8) View north along Holdom Ave."
Sticky note adherd to 622-135-10 print reads: "10) View west along Goring St."
Geographic Access
Lougheed Highway
Holdom Avenue
Goring Street
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
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Floyd Wirick

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[Between 1935 and 1940] (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 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Floyd Wirick sitting on a wheelbarrow in backyard of 5870 Hastings Street. Gardening tools, a shed and an unidentified man are in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[Between 1935 and 1940] (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 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-074
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Floyd Wirick sitting on a wheelbarrow in backyard of 5870 Hastings Street. Gardening tools, a shed and an unidentified man are in the background.
Subjects
Transportation - Wheelbarrows
Names
Wirick, Floyd
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Street Address
5870 Hastings Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
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Interview with Mary Lumby by Kathy Bossort January 8, 2016 - Track 1

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1965-2003
Length
0:12:46
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Mary Lumby talking about her career as a teacher in Burnaby at Douglas Road, Suncrest and Stride schools, and her move to the Parkcrest neighborhood in Burnaby in 1977 and in 1983 to Forest Hills. She talks about visiting Burnaby Mountain Park and the Owl & Oa…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Mary Lumby talking about her career as a teacher in Burnaby at Douglas Road, Suncrest and Stride schools, and her move to the Parkcrest neighborhood in Burnaby in 1977 and in 1983 to Forest Hills. She talks about visiting Burnaby Mountain Park and the Owl & Oarsman restaurant, and the history of the development of Forest Hills in the 1980s.
Date Range
1965-2003
Length
0:12:46
Names
Douglas Road School
Suncrest School
Stride Avenue School
Burnaby Mountain Park
Subjects
Education
Occupations - Teachers
Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
Geographic Access
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
Forest Grove Drive
Planning Study Area
Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Lake City Area
Interviewer
Bossort, Kathy
Interview Date
January 8, 2016
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Mary Lumby conducted by Kathy Bossort. Mary Lumby was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Mary Lumby’s experience living in Forest Hills, raising her children there, and her involvement in community groups and advocating for improved community services in the Forest Hills and Forest Grove neighbourhoods, and her later move to UniverCity. She talks about the history of the Forest Hills subdivision and what she liked about living there, its links with Forest Grove, and challenges facing both communities as a result of their isolation. Her description of living in UniverCity provides an interesting comparison in how community is created. Mary Lumby also talks about her teaching career, her volunteer activities especially related to the environment, the relationship Trans Mountain tank farm had with adjacent neighbourhoods when she lived in Forest Hills, and what the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area means to her.
Biographical Notes
Mary Lumby was born in Vancouver B.C. She moved to Burnaby and the Parkcrest area in 1977, and then to the new Forest Hills subdivision. Later she moved into another developing community, UniverCity, at the top of Burnaby Mountain and adjacent to the Simon Fraser University campus. Mary has been an active community member, volunteer and community advocate. She has been particularly interested in environmental issues, as a teacher, volunteer coordinator for civic events, and citizen representative on Burnaby’s Environment Committee. She continues to be active in community affairs and enjoys living on Burnaby Mountain.
Total Tracks
7
Total Length
1:31:47
Interviewee Name
Lumby, Mary M.
Interview Location
Mary Lumby's home in Burnaby
Interviewer Bio
Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series
Media Type
Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
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