Construction on Acorn Avenue
Falling Waters Apartment Building
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 23, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the Falling Waters apartment building. Located at 9444 Cameron Street, this apartment was designed and built by Bob Rapske in 1968 and - at the time of the photograph - was owned by Walnut Enterprises.
Falling Waters Apartment Building
From Linden Avenue and Vista Crescent
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1976 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken from an apartment balcony after a snowfall at the corner of Linden Avenue and Vista Crescent facing northwest.
High-rise apartment buildings
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 14.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-288
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two high-rise apartment buildings.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Apartments
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Highrises, sunlight stealers or sophisticated urban structures?"
Less detail
Highrises at Central Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 4, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of high-rise apartment buildings next to Central Park. One of the apartments has a sign that reads "Central Park Place." A sign for Central Park is in the foreground on the edge of a grassy lawn and gravel road, where cars are parked. The photograph is taken facing east.
House and Apartment at 3971 Albert Street
House at 6236 McMurray Avenue
House at 6262 Nelson Avenue
Lacrosse Box at Stride Ave Apartments
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 15, 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the lacrosse box outside a row of low-rise apartments. Children are leaning on or sitting on the boards of the box. The photograph is taken from a lawn or park, facing east.
Lougheed Village high-rises
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of two high-rise towers in Lougheed Village.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1252
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of two high-rise towers in Lougheed Village.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Apartments
- Names
- Lougheed Village
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "GOING UP AND UP - Hive of concrete construction activity is at the Lougheed Village where construction of two more high-rise towers is well underway in the already built-up high-density area around Lougheed Mall. Tower nearer completion is 24 storeys high."
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Less detail
The Men's Quarters
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the men's quarters for those who worked at the North Pacific Lumber Company in Barnet, BC. Burrard Inlet is also depicted in the background of the image.
New Vista Society Project
People on benches in front of "Biltmore By the Sea"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified group of 4 men in suits and hats, two women in fur lined coats, and a girl resting on benches in front of a large brick building with a sign that reads "417 Biltmore By the Sea…". The ground in front of them appears to be sand, so the location may be at a beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, l.l. [written sideways] "41"
- The name "velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photo paper: thus, the photograph is printed on Kodak velox photo paper made in early 1900s for amateur photography.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified group of 4 men in suits and hats, two women in fur lined coats, and a girl resting on benches in front of a large brick building with a sign that reads "417 Biltmore By the Sea…". The ground in front of them appears to be sand, so the location may be at a beach.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Apartments
- Accession Code
- BV985.5893.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Residential intersection in North Burnaby
- 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 of an unidentified intersection in a residential neighbourhood in North Burnaby. A two-storey apartment building is visible in the background.