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Excessive Speeding in the Willingdon Heights Area

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47923
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
47868
Meeting Date
29-Aug-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
47868
Meeting Date
29-Aug-1949
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Installation of Sidewalks in the Willingdon Heights Area

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48697
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
48287
Meeting Date
17-May-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
48287
Meeting Date
17-May-1948
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Proposed Sewer - Willingdon Heights Area

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48802
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
48136
Meeting Date
23-Feb-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
48136
Meeting Date
23-Feb-1948
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Sewers in the Willingdon Heights Area

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48578
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
48421
Meeting Date
9-Aug-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
48421
Meeting Date
9-Aug-1948
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Bishop Block

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark562
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Commercial building.
Associated Dates
1935
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Associated Dates
1935
Description
Commercial building.
Heritage Value
This one-storey commercial block retains its original division into three retail units. An eclectic Spanish Colonial Revival character is imparted by the use of visor roofs, covered in metal pantiles, that extend over the recessed entries. The stepped parapets are more reminiscent of the Art Deco style. Each of the three retail spaces retains their plate glass display windows. This commercial block was owned in 1939 by Mary J. Bishop of Vancouver.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3736 Hastings Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Helen 'The Swinging Girl' Neon Sign

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Commercial building.
Associated Dates
1956
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Other Names
Helen's Childrens Wear Sign
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Other Names
Helen's Childrens Wear Sign
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Associated Dates
1956
Formal Recognition
Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
Enactment Type
Bylaw No. 12771
Enactment Date
19/04/2010
Description
Commercial building.
Heritage Value
While the building here is of some importance as the former North Burnaby municipal office, its primary importance is its delightful neon sign that has become a North Burnaby landmark. Helen Arnold opened Helen’s Childrens Wear shop in the building next door to the old Municipal offices in 1948. In 1955, when North Burnaby moved out, she moved into the vacated building. As part of the renovations, Helen enlisted the assistance of her good friend Jimmy Wallace, owner of Vancouver’s Wallace Neon Company, to create a new sign for her expanded business. One of the company’s designers, Reeve Lehman, created the swinging neon girl that was installed in 1956. Designed in two parts, one section of the sign is cloud shaped and reads ‘Helen’s’ while the other section is a moving representation of a little girl on a swing. The sign is nine feet six inches high and nine feet wide, and the lower section is animated with an internal motor and gears. It immediately became a landmark on Hastings Street, and recently the sign’s design fame has spread far and wide as one of the best surviving examples of kinetic neon art in North America.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Community
Burnaby
Names
Helen's Childrens Wear
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Street Address
4142 Hastings Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Kitchener Elementary School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark614
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
School building.
Associated Dates
1925
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Associated Dates
1925
Description
School building.
Heritage Value
This landmark school was designed by the architectural firm of Bowman & Cullerne, specialists in the design of educational facilities. After Harold Cullerne (1890-1976) returned from service during the First World War, he joined J.H. Bowman (1864-1943) in a partnership that lasted from 1919 to 1934. The firm’s projects include the Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Burnaby North High School (1923), and the Nelson Avenue School (1927). This was originally designed as a two-storey, four-room building in 1925, with two-storey four-room wings added two years later. The building has been altered with the addition of stucco cladding over the original siding and replacement windows, but has retained its original form and massing, as well as its domed roof ventilator.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Architect
Bowman & Cullerne
Area
20478.11
Contributing Resource
Building
Street Address
1351 Gilmore Avenue
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Masonic Cemetery

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark622
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Cemetery site.
Associated Dates
1924
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Halifax Street
Associated Dates
1924
Description
Cemetery site.
Heritage Value
Tucked into a sloping site in a zone that is now transitional between light industrial and residential uses, the Masonic Cemetery is a beautifully landscaped oasis. Two outstanding features of this cemetery are the Woodward mausoleum, constructed in 1924, and the 1930s entrance gates. These substantial gates are constructed of random-coursed granite, and mark the cemetery’s main entrance off Douglas Road. An elaborate granite mausoleum, built for the prominent Woodward family, is located on axis with the main entry, at the brow of the slope. The Egyptian Revival style of the mausoleum was inspired by the opening of Tutankamun’s tomb just two years earlier, a discovery that sparked world-wide Egyptomania. The Woodward’s department store dynasty was founded by Charles Woodward (1852-1937), who visited Vancouver in 1891 and bought two lots for a store. Woodward’s drug department opened in 1895. In 1901, he took an option on a lot at the corner of Hastings and Abbott Streets and incorporated as Woodward’s Department Stores, which opened in November 1903. The family continued to run the business until 1993, when it went bankrupt and was sold to the Hudson’s Bay Company. A number of the Woodward family are interred here.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Area
60137.87
Contributing Resource
Building
Landscape Feature
Ownership
Private
Street Address
4305 Halifax Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Wall Block

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark651
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Commercial building.
Associated Dates
1912
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Associated Dates
1912
Description
Commercial building.
Heritage Value
One of the prominent buildings along Vancouver Height’s early commercial strip, this block has continuously served its original commercial/retail use, with apartments on the second floor. Alterations over the years have included a coat of stucco over the original lapped wooden siding, and the alteration of the roofline cornice. Notably, the building has retained its distinctive second storey bay windows and three ground floor commercial spaces with recessed entrances. It was financed and built by Arthur Wall, a director of Hill, Wall & Company Ltd. Real Estate, which was based in the Pacific Block in Vancouver.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Area
473.81
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3722 Hastings Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1925-1954
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1925-1954
Heritage Value
Willingdon Heights was another new subdivision developed in Burnaby during the post-World War Two building boom. A brochure about the development published in 1948 proclaimed "the Willingdon Heights 500 home development project in Burnaby fulfills its promise to provide a self-contained community for former members of the armed services and their families...the largest single veteran housing project in Canada as far as homes for individual ownership is concerned, Willingdon Heights development was planned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation...At this date the earlier built rows of homes have passable roads and the owners are improving lawns and gardens in spare time...eventually additional stores and professional services will be installed and recreational projects will add to the amenities of a community of congenial residents..."
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark777
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1955-2008
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1955-2008
Heritage Value
The convenient location of Willingdon Heights to the Trans Canada Highway, Lougheed Highway and Hastings Street has fostered its development as a primarily residential commuter neighbourhood. Characterised in the post-World War Two period by predominantly single-family developments, the neighbourhood has retained this identity despite some higher density apartment buildings now found there.
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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Willingdon Heights United Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark658
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Church building.
Associated Dates
1951
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Parker Street
Associated Dates
1951
Description
Church building.
Heritage Value
This church was built to serve a 500-home subdivision known as Willingdon Heights–Canada’s largest single veteran’s housing project created by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and constructed by the Whitsell Construction Company in 1948. The church building was designed as a simplified Gothic Revival church with a tall front tower and Gothic pointed-arch stained glass window and entrance. This church was designed by Vancouver architects Twizell & Twizell. Both Robert Twizell (1875-1964) and younger brother George Twizell (1885-1957) articled at Newcastle, England’s Hicks & Charlewood before arriving in Vancouver in late 1907 or early 1908, with George working for Robert until they established a partnership a few years later. Their firm lasted for nearly half a century and was well known for its numerous church designs.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Architect
Twizell & Twizell
Area
1808.82
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
4304 Parker Street
Street View URL
Google Maps Street View
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Converted Army Hut

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34135
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 16, 1947
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a converted army hut in the Willingdon Heights area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 16, 1947
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Alfred Bingham subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.9 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
010-051
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a converted army hut in the Willingdon Heights area.
Subjects
Public Services - Civil Defence
Structures - Tents
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Former Camp Kitchen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34136
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 16, 1947
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of a former camp kitchen used as part of civil defence in the Willingdon Heights area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 16, 1947
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Alfred Bingham subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
010-052
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of a former camp kitchen used as part of civil defence in the Willingdon Heights area.
Subjects
Public Services - Civil Defence
Structures - Tents
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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House construction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39765
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 1947
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of house construction in the Willingdon Heights area. This is likely part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 1947
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Alfred Bingham subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
010-048-1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of house construction in the Willingdon Heights area. This is likely part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Subjects
Industries - Construction
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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5th Burnaby Brownies and Guides at Willingdon Heights United Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4837
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[ca. 1950]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of 5th Burnaby Brownies, Guides and their leaders standing on the sidewalk in front of Willingdon Heights United Church.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of 5th Burnaby Brownies, Guides and their leaders standing on the sidewalk in front of Willingdon Heights United Church.
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
5th Burnaby Brownie Pack
Willingdon Heights United Church
Geographic Access
Parker Street
Street Address
4304 Parker Street
Accession Code
BV015.35.186
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[ca. 1950]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
March 9, 2021
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "5th Brownie Pack" 1948-1965 Item BV015.35.156
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1160 Douglas Rd

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription94327
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 1994
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
22 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of the exterior of a three-storey commerical building located at 1160 Douglas Road.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 1994
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Physical Description
22 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
622-112
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2017-39
Scope and Content
Photographs of the exterior of a three-storey commerical building located at 1160 Douglas Road.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Buildings - Commercial
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Young, Richard
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in
File no. 94-424-B
Geographic Access
Douglas Road
Street Address
1160 Douglas Road
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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1850 Rosser Ave Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93890
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 1993
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
35 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of an 18-storey residential tower located at 1850 Rosser Avenue.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 1993
Collection/Fonds
Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
Physical Description
35 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
622-073
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2017-39
Scope and Content
Photographs of an 18-storey residential tower located at 1850 Rosser Avenue.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in
File no. 93-268-B
Note in blue pen on photograph envelope reads: "Rideau Manor".
Photographer identified as "D.E."
Geographic Access
Rosser Avenue
Street Address
1850 Rosser Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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3700 Block Hastings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37372
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a view looking west along the south side of the 3700 block of Hastings Street.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Municipal record subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative
Description Level
Item
Record No.
366-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
BHS1998-12
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a view looking west along the south side of the 3700 block of Hastings Street.
Subjects
Buildings
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Street Address
3700 Hastings Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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3700 Block Hastings Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37373
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a view looking west along the south side of the 3700 block of Hastings Street.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Municipal record subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative
Description Level
Item
Record No.
366-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
BHS1998-12
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a view looking west along the south side of the 3700 block of Hastings Street.
Subjects
Buildings
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Street Address
3700 Hastings Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
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