1520 Mary Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1951] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front of the house at 1520 Mary Avenue (later renumbered 7537 Mary Avenue).
1520 Mary Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1951] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the rear of the house at 1520 Mary Avenue (later renumbered as 7537 Mary Avenue).
Alice and George Grant meet Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice and George Grant meeting Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Burnaby Municipal Hall.
At the Gai Paree Supper Club
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Subjects
- Events - Parties
- Names
- Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
- Brown, Clifton Gilbert, 1889-1960
- Gai Paree Supper Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of card mount reads: "2004 January I believe the Gai Paree has disappeared"
- Notes inside card on recto of photograph mount read: "Maybe wartime?", "Bill Grieve, Chair of Burnaby School Bd circa 1955?" and "Clifford [sic] G. Brown, a school superintendent after whom a Pool named by Burnaby Lake"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6669 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
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Blue Haven Motel
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 8.9 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Blue Haven Motel, 7026 Kingsway. The description printed on the back of the postcard reads, "Blue Haven Motel / 7026 Kingsway, South Burnaby, B.C., Canada / Mrgs.: Mr. and Mrs. A. Pearson / 22 Units - 4 Stars - AAA - ACRA / T.V. Equipped / Telephone LA 1-9942." The bui…
Burnaby Council
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the eight members of Burnaby's 1954 Municipal Council. From left to right they are; Fred Philps, Wesley Morrison, Arnold Hean, Reeve Charles MacSorley (seated), Patricia Wilks, Sam Hughes, William Philps, and Gerald Charlton. This photograph was likely taken in Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 486-041
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the eight members of Burnaby's 1954 Municipal Council. From left to right they are; Fred Philps, Wesley Morrison, Arnold Hean, Reeve Charles MacSorley (seated), Patricia Wilks, Sam Hughes, William Philps, and Gerald Charlton. This photograph was likely taken in Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Names
- Philps, Fred
- Philps, William P.
- Morrison, Wesley
- Hean, Arnold F.C.
- MacSorley, Charles W.
- Wilks, Patricia
- Hughes, Samuel E.
- Charlton, Gerald
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Davis, W.T.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso identifies the people in the photograph
- Note on verso reads: "1954"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
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Burnaby Girl Guides
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920 (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (textual records + 2 digital files : (pdfs) + 102 photographs : (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images and selected contents from a scrapbook with 38 double sided pages containing mostly photographs with some newspaper clippings, written material and emphemera including a page of badges and ribbons which reads "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926 / 1st Burnaby" …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Series
- Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (textual records + 2 digital files : (pdfs) + 102 photographs : (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images and selected contents from a scrapbook with 38 double sided pages containing mostly photographs with some newspaper clippings, written material and emphemera including a page of badges and ribbons which reads "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926 / 1st Burnaby" and an embroidered alphabet of the Morse Code. The third page of the scrapbook includes a four page chronology titled "History of Guiding - Burnaby / 1913 - 1960" compiled by Mrs. Dolly Weber, Mrs. J. Heaps, Miss Eileen Periton, Mrs. J. Albertson and D. Fowler. The scrapbook also includes an original letter and post-script from Lady Olave Baden-Powell to Mrs. Fowler dated November 5, 1961; a typewritten copy of: "TSOONA" / PROVINCIAL GUIDE CAMPSITE - ROSEDALE B.C." and a three page typewritten copy of "THE CAMPFIRE / Volume 1, No. 4 _ November 1935 _ Vancouver, B.C.".
Many of the events documented in photographs [between 1914 and 1969] are identified on each page and read as the following: "Burnaby Brownies - Guides & Rangers" / "Early 1920" (1 photograph); "Ambulance / Display / 1st. Co."; "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923" (5 photographs); "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923" (5 photographs); "Burnaby Guides and / Brownies / June 17, 1923" (5 photographs); "April 1923" (1 photograph); "June 1923 / 2nd Burnaby Company" (1 photograph); "Burnaby May Day / 26.5.28"(2 photographs); "Sechelt 1929_ 2nd "B" Company" (2 photographs); "Leaders and Seconds / 2nd Burnaby / Grouse Mountain" (1 photograph); "Sechelt 1929 / Commandant Mrs. Peal" (1 photograph); "2nd Company / June 1930" (1 photograph); "1932 / 2nd Company at Rally / Municipal Hall Grounds" (1 photograph) ; "First Burnaby Folk Dancing team / Winners of the E.F.D. cup 1940--41-42" (1 photograph); "1st Burnaby Company / winners of Bessborough Shield / 1942 / Captain L. Crane" (1 photograph); "May 6th 1935 / Dedication of flag at Central Park" (1 photograph); "May Day Celebration / Burnaby B.C. May 6th 1935 / Stride Studios Photos" (1 photograph); "Mrs. Don Wilks / Mrs. Georgie / Runcie / Publicity Photo re- / Brownie / Training / 1958-60" (1 photograph); "Kathleen Anderson / about 1958-60?" (1 photograph); "1957 / Burnaby Camp Site / at / Wilson Creek" (1 photograph); "Work Party (1958)" (1 photograph); "Burnaby Camp Site / Spring 1958 / Cabins & Staff Houses / Dining Shelter / Cabins" (3 photographs); "Can. Girl Guide Assoc. - Provincial Leaders Conference / April 14-15/61 Civic Centre, Prince George, BC" (1 photograph) ; "June 8th, 1958 / Opening / Ceremonies / Burnaby Site / Wilson Creek / Camp Site" (4 photographs); 2 unidentified photographs [ca.1915] of a large group of Girl Guides gathered on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds (photo credit- Leonard Frank); 1 unidentified photograph of a group of Girl Guides gathered for a group portrait [ca.1914]; "Girl Guide Camp / Granthams / Landing / July 1923" (4 photographs); 4 unidentified photographs of girl guides gathered on the ship "Lady Evelyn" [ca. 1920]; "Burnaby Girl Guides" 1918; "First Burnaby Girl Guides 1920" (2 photographs on page); "2nd Co. 1923" (1 photograph) "1st Burnaby Co." [1923] (1 photograph); "Gypsy Scene - Concert / Mar 17, 1923 / Unveiling / War / Memorial / Edmonds / 1923" (3 photographs on page); "Faith Jacobson / 1961" (2 photographs); "Eve MacLean / 1961" (1 photograph); "Beverley Simkin of Montreal and Judy Robins / of the S.R.S. Royal Oak taken on the day they / sailed from Montreal for the Ranger Camp at / "Our Chalet" in Adelboden, Switzerland, May 1962" (1 photograph) and "Religion & Life Emblem / Diane Peters 11th Bby. Co. / Rev. G.W. Luetkehodeter / 1961" (2 photographs on one page).
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Events - May Day
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.164
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920 (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Maywood Area
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records that were removed for conservation purposes
- Some textual records that were selected for retention have been described at file level under BV015.35.164: "Tsoona" Provincial Guide Campsite - Rosedale B.C." and Burnaby Girl Guides newsletter, "The Campfire" (November 1935)
- Photographs that were retained from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.221 to BV015.35.284)
- Some textual records and ephemera that were selected for retention have been described at item level (BV015.35.320, BV015.35.321, and BV015.35.334 to BV015.35.348).
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Burnaby South High School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1956]
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph a group of unidentifed students from Burnaby South High School. Photograph is taken at the front entrance of the school with the sign "Burnaby.South / High School" on the wall above the entrance way. Edith Louise Fleming graduated from Burnaby South High School in June 1956.
Burnaby South High School class
Burnaby South High School Senior Class
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1953 or 1954] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby South High School senior class.
Charles and Bernie Brown's house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles and Bernie Brown's second house, located at 6733 Walker Avenue. Bernie Brown is standing in her front yard in a winter coat.
Charles B. Brown in retirement
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1959, published June 20, 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles Boyer Brown reading a book as he smokes a pipe, taken in his back yard just after retiring from service as Burnaby's chief adminstrative officer. He started working for the municipality in 1911 as a stenographer in the engineers office, and was appointed assistant municipal cl…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1959, published June 20, 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-071
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles Boyer Brown reading a book as he smokes a pipe, taken in his back yard just after retiring from service as Burnaby's chief adminstrative officer. He started working for the municipality in 1911 as a stenographer in the engineers office, and was appointed assistant municipal clerk in 1927, municipal clerk in 1933, and chief administrative officer in 1954. He lived at 2570 Walker Avenue (renumbered 6733 Walker Avenue).
- Subjects
- Occupations - City Clerks
- Names
- Brown, Charles B. "Charlie"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Smith, Sheamus
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Walker Avenue
- Street Address
- 6733 Walker Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
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Charlie and Ruth Hollands
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charlie and Ruth Hollands standing in front of 631 18th Avenue (later renumbered 7865 18th Avenue).
Committee For Princess Elizabeth Visit, 1951
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (l to r) Charles MacSorley, Patricia Wilks and Gerald Charlton, members of the Committee responsible for the organization of the Royal Visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1951.
Corporation of Burnaby Diamond Jubilee Parade float
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a horse pulling a carriage for the Diamond Jubilee Parade. The float was part of the municipal floats in the Diamond Jubilee Parade.The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is one of four photos originally mounted together on a single sheet of paper
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a horse pulling a carriage for the Diamond Jubilee Parade. The float was part of the municipal floats in the Diamond Jubilee Parade.The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park.
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Jubilee
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotations on black mount read: "Municipal Floats/ Diamond Jubilee /Burnaby 1952"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
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Corporation of Burnaby Diamond Jubilee Parade float
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a municipal Board of Works float for the Diamond Jubilee Parade.The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is one of four photos originally mounted together on a single sheet of paper
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a municipal Board of Works float for the Diamond Jubilee Parade.The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park.
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Jubilee
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotations on black mount page read: "Municipal Floats/ Diamond Jubilee /Burnaby 1952"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
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Corporation of Burnaby Diamond Jubilee Parade float
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Corporation of Burnaby float for the Diamond Jubilee Parade. The second Municipal Hall can be seen in the background to the right and Edmonds School can be seen on the left.The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is one of four photos mounted together on a single sheet of paper
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Corporation of Burnaby float for the Diamond Jubilee Parade. The second Municipal Hall can be seen in the background to the right and Edmonds School can be seen on the left.The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park.
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Jubilee
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotations on black mount read: "Municipal Floats/ Diamond Jubilee /Burnaby 1952"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
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Corporation of Burnaby Diamond Jubilee parade float
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Corporation of Burnaby sanitation department truck in the Diamond Jubilee parade. The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Signage on the truck contains the words 'Keep Burnaby Clean', 'Do keep the ......., Don't invite rodents and disease'.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is one of four photos originally mounted together on a single sheet of paper
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Corporation of Burnaby sanitation department truck in the Diamond Jubilee parade. The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Signage on the truck contains the words 'Keep Burnaby Clean', 'Do keep the ......., Don't invite rodents and disease'.
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Jubilee
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotations on black mount read: "Municipal Floats/ Diamond Jubilee /Burnaby 1952"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
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Corporation of Burnaby Diamond Jubilee parade float
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Corporation of Burnaby sanitation department truck in the Diamond Jubilee parade. The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Signage on the truck contains the words '30 Years of Progress, Thirty more following'.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Corporation of Burnaby sanitation department truck in the Diamond Jubilee parade. The parade ran from the Municipal Hall at Edmonds along Kingsway to Central Park. Signage on the truck contains the words '30 Years of Progress, Thirty more following'.
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Jubilee
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
Less detail