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Application for a Waiver of the Town Planning Bylaw to Permit Operation of a Groceteria at 4179 Smith Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49027
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49004
- Meeting Date
- 8-Sep-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49004
- Meeting Date
- 8-Sep-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for Groceteria at 4179 Smith Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48654
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48335
- Meeting Date
- 28-Jun-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48335
- Meeting Date
- 28-Jun-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for Permission to Erect and Operate a Service Station at the Intersection of Smith Avenue and Spruce Street on Lots 20, 21 and 22, Block 18, DL 39
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48927
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49104
- Meeting Date
- 17-Nov-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49104
- Meeting Date
- 17-Nov-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for Permission to Operate a Grocery Store at 4519 Smith Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49479
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49286
- Meeting Date
- 25-Mar-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49286
- Meeting Date
- 25-Mar-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for Rezoning Property at Corner of Linwood and Smith Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47933
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47843
- Meeting Date
- 22-Aug-1949
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47843
- Meeting Date
- 22-Aug-1949
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for Trades licences to Permit the Operation of a Groceteria at 4179 Smith Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49006
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49018
- Meeting Date
- 22-Sep-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49018
- Meeting Date
- 22-Sep-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for Waiver to Town Planning Bylaw to Permit Erection of Hardware Building Supply or Meat Store on Property at the Southeast Corner of Smith Avenue and Price Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48968
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49049
- Meeting Date
- 20-Oct-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49049
- Meeting Date
- 20-Oct-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of E. Waldorf for a License to Operate an Engine Repair Shop at 5420 Smith Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53445
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69529
- Meeting Date
- 6-Aug-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69529
- Meeting Date
- 6-Aug-1945
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
BC Electric Railway Company (BCER) - Proposed Transportation Agreement (Smith Avenue-Rumble Street Route, Neville Transportation Routes and Kingsway Route)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53048
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69130
- Meeting Date
- 22-Aug-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69130
- Meeting Date
- 22-Aug-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 2034 - Land Acquisition and Street Dedication Bylaw No 4, 1948
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw21433
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 2034
- Final Adoption
- 1948 Sep 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 2034
- Final Adoption
- 1948 Sep 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Dine and Dance Hall Building Under Construction on the South Side of the Grandview Highway between Smith Avenue and Boundary Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49096
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48920
- Meeting Date
- 16-Jun-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48920
- Meeting Date
- 16-Jun-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Draft Transportation Plan Containing Suggested Rerouting of the Smith Avenue-Rumble Road Bus Route as well as the Clause Regarding the Neville Transportation Company Operations and the Proposed Institution of Royal Oak-Joyce Road Route (BC Electric Railway)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport53086
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69168
- Meeting Date
- 9-Sep-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 69168
- Meeting Date
- 9-Sep-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Elaine A. Myers fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88370
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948-1961 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Elaine A. Myers fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948-1961 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Elaine A. Myers fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi
- Material Details
- Jpegs are copies created by the donor of sepia originals.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-26
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.
- History
- Elaine Anne Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1939 and immigrated to British Columbia with her family in 1947. She was the eldest daughter of William Sefton and Edna (nee Howarth) Myers and sister to Hermione Christine, born in 1943. Her father, William Sefton Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1905 and was one of six children. He married Edna Howarth on July 29, 1933. Before immigrating to Canada, William worked as a purchasing agent at Walkers Tannery in Bolton and later became a cabinet maker in the 1930s, building and designing most of the family’s furniture. In September 1947, he and his family immigrated to Canada along with his younger brother, Hermann, and his wife and daughter. The family were granted landed immigrant status upon their arrival at Dorval airport in Montreal on September 25, 1947, and travelled to Vancouver by train, arriving in early October. They shared their first home on Imperial Street in Burnaby with William’s brother Hermann and family, but after several months were able to purchase their own new home on MacKay Avenue just below Victory in South Burnaby. William’s first job was working as a night janitor at the Woodwards Department store in Vancouver. He was later hired as a purchasing agent for the Seagrams Distillery in New Westminster, where he stayed until his retirement in 1970. Elaine’s mother, Edna (nee Howarth) Myers worked in the offices of Pacific Veneer Canadian Forest Products in New Westminster, retiring from there in 1967. The family moved again in the 1950s to a house on the corner of Sussex and Victory and Elaine and Christine attended a variety of Burnaby schools including; Kingsway West, Nelson Avenue and McPherson Park Junior High. The family were parishioners of All Saints Anglican Church in Burnaby where Elaine also attended Girl Guides. Elaine’s father fulfilled his dream of designing and building the family home when he purchased property on London Street in New Westminster. The family moved to New Westminster and lived in a small house on the property while William spent three years completing their new home. Elaine commuted to Burnaby by the Interurban train in order to complete her studies at McPherson Park Junior High before enrolling at Duke of Connaught and graduating from Lester Pearson in New Westminster in 1957. In 1961, William Myers built the sanctuary lectern, pulpit, and altar for St. Andrew’s Church on Smith Avenue in Burnaby his brother Hermann’s parish. By the mid-1960s, William and Edna Myers moved from their home in New Westminster to White Rock. Edna Myers died on April 23, 1969. William built the ambry for the church of St. Mark as a memorial. William remarried Ruth, a widow, in 1971, and they resided in White Rock until Ruth’s death in 1983. William died in White Rock March 26, 1991. Elaine Myers married Gordon Wilfred Atkinson in 1961; they had four children and lived in the Dunbar area of Vancouver before they separated ways in 1988. Elaine completed her Bachelor of Arts degree as a mature student at University of British Columbia in 1984 followed by the completion of her Master’s degree at University of Toronto in April 1996, and PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) in 2007. She has lived abroad in Jerusalem and the United Kingdom, working on a variety of research projects. Elaine Anne Myers passed away on February 19, 2015.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Myers, Elaine A.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 580
Erection of "Slow" Signs on Grandview Highway between Smith Avenue and Boundary Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47835
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47949
- Meeting Date
- 31-Oct-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47949
- Meeting Date
- 31-Oct-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Installation of Stop Signs at Spruce Street and Smith Avenue and on Buller Avenue at Rumble Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49539
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49228
- Meeting Date
- 11-Feb-1946
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49228
- Meeting Date
- 11-Feb-1946
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20395
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Georgia Chronakis and her son Alex Chronakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 8, 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:08:39 Georgia and her son share biographical details about Georgia and her husband Louis Chronak…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Details
- Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Alex Chronakis and Georgia Chronakis Location of Interview: Fraser Wilson Room, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 8, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 3 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:17:12 Digital master recordings (wav) were converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Georgia Chronakis and her son Alex Chronakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 8, 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:08:39 Georgia and her son share biographical details about Georgia and her husband Louis Chronakis, including their Greek background, migration to Canada, marriage, children, Louis’ career as a mechanic and gas station owner and owning restaurants in White Rock and Burnaby. 00:08:40 - 00:13:59 Georgia and her son Alex recall the great memories of owning and operating their restaurant Mionas Taverna and share details of their family life in Burnaby and White Rock. 00:14:00 - 00:19:15 Alex and Georgia talk about Louis Chronakis' work experience and how he became involved in the restaurant business. They share their experiences of operating Minoas Taverna including their opening in 1986. 00:19:16 - 00:36:59 Alex and Georgia describe some of the foods that were on the menu of Minoas Taverna, the design of the restaurant, the Minoan history that it’s based on, memories of running the restaurant and why they decided to close. 00:37:00 – 00:41:52 Alex talks about his involvement with Greek festivals in Vancouver and Alex and Georgia reflect on their life in the future now that the restaurant has closed.
- History
- Interviewees biographies: Georgia Giannias Chronakis was born in Selassia, Sparta, Greece in 1941 and when she was sixteen years of age she moved to Athens. In 1964 Georgia immigrated to Canada and lived in Montreal before moving to Vancouver a few years later. In 1966, while living in Vancouver, she met and married Ilias "Louis" Chronakis who was born in Crete, Greece. Soon after marrying, Georgia and Louis Chronakis bought a house located at 3823 Kingsway and welcomed their first child, Anna. Four years later, Georgia and Louis moved to White Rock but continued to own their house on Kingsway and rented it out. While living in White Rock, they had three more children named Virginia, Alex and Ellie. Louis was a trained mechanic working independently and for various companies including CP Air, BC Ferries and Esso before deciding to get into the restaurant business. He partnered with another businessman to open a Mr. Mike's franchise and later a cafe and Greek restaurant in White Rock. In 1986, Georgia, Louis and family moved back to Burnaby and moved into a house on Sandall Street and began converting their former home on Kingsway into a restaurant which they named Minoas Greek Taverna (Minoas Taverna). They opened the restaurant on May 1, 1986, just one day before Expo '86 was opened. In 2023, after 37 years of running their restaurant they sold their business but continued to own the land and building on Kingsway. Alex Chronakis is the son of Georgia and Louis Chronakis and was born in 1972. Alex has spent time working with his family running their restaurant and has been involved in the Greek Day Festival in Vancouver. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Foods
- Occupations
- Occupations - Entrepreneurs
- Occupations - Mechanics
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations
- Migration
- Persons - Greek Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Smith Avenue
- Street Address
- 3823 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.21
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis, [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023
Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis, [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0021_002.mp3Offer to Sell 3906 Smith Avenue (lot 4, Block 22, DL 35)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport54345
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 70442
- Meeting Date
- 22-Nov-1943
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 70442
- Meeting Date
- 22-Nov-1943
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Petition for Improvements to Footpath between Smith Avenue and Boundary Road on Maxwell Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48454
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48539
- Meeting Date
- 20-Sep-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48539
- Meeting Date
- 20-Sep-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Proposed Bus Route From Boundary Road and Hastings to Edmonds via Smith Avenue and Rumble Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49328
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49804
- Meeting Date
- 15-Jul-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49804
- Meeting Date
- 15-Jul-1946
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request for Additional Right-of-way for Smith Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49065
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48954
- Meeting Date
- 28-Jul-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48954
- Meeting Date
- 28-Jul-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds