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Parkcrest-Aubrey Neighbourhood
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- 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
Images
Parkcrest Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark671
- 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
Images
Beaton's Garage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34753
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1924 or 1925] (date of original), copied [1983]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Beaton's Garage located at 5698 Hastings Street at Holdom Avenue (southwest corner). Signs read, "Premier Gasoline," "Beaton's Garage," "Battery Service," and "Ignition Service."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1924 or 1925] (date of original), copied [1983]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm print
- Material Details
- Printed on photograph paper, "This paper / manufactured / by Kodak"
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 130-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Beaton's Garage located at 5698 Hastings Street at Holdom Avenue (southwest corner). Signs read, "Premier Gasoline," "Beaton's Garage," "Battery Service," and "Ignition Service."
- Names
- Beaton's Garage
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 5698 Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
Boberg family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35773
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs: b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boberg family home, at 790 Springer Avenue and Union Street in Capitol Hill (the northeast corner of Springer and Union). The house was built by John Boberg (father), and the family moved here after being flooded out at their Burnaby Lake farm. Shown in doorway: Mrs. Elin Boberg…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs: b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-631
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boberg family home, at 790 Springer Avenue and Union Street in Capitol Hill (the northeast corner of Springer and Union). The house was built by John Boberg (father), and the family moved here after being flooded out at their Burnaby Lake farm. Shown in doorway: Mrs. Elin Boberg (mother) and John Boberg (son). Note the roof overhang, surrounding garden and stand of timber in the background.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Springer Avenue
- Street Address
- 790 Springer Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
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Construction of the Parliament family home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35529
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Parliament family home during construction on the 5770 block of Hastings Street. The home became known as the "Half-house" because it was only half completed when money ran out, so it was left half finished.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-387
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Parliament family home during construction on the 5770 block of Hastings Street. The home became known as the "Half-house" because it was only half completed when money ran out, so it was left half finished.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
Interview with Mary Lumby by Kathy Bossort January 8, 2016 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory671
- 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
- 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
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Mary Lumby
Track one of interview with Mary Lumby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-016/MSS196-016_Track_1.mp3Municipality of Burnaby - Volume XV and Volume XVIII
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription8680
- 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…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- 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
- 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.
- 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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Parliament family home, the Half-House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35527
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Parliament family home, the famous landmark "half-house" on the 5770 block of Hastings Street, Capitol Hill. The photograph was taken looking north to Capitol Hill and Capitol Hill School is visible at the left.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-385
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Parliament family home, the famous landmark "half-house" on the 5770 block of Hastings Street, Capitol Hill. The photograph was taken looking north to Capitol Hill and Capitol Hill School is visible at the left.
- Names
- Capitol Hill School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotations on top and bottom of photograph read, "The 'Half House'" / "Taken from 'The Tree'"
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
Parliament Family Lot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35528
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the lot on the 5770 block of Hastings Street for the Parliament family home before it was cleared. The home became known as the "Half-house" because it was only half completed when money ran out, so it was left half finished. Note the car in front.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-386
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the lot on the 5770 block of Hastings Street for the Parliament family home before it was cleared. The home became known as the "Half-house" because it was only half completed when money ran out, so it was left half finished. Note the car in front.
- Subjects
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area