Central Park Neighbourhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1925-1954
- Heritage Value
- Although still largely a rural area during the 1920s, subdivisions began appearing in the Central Park neighbourhood at this time. Development was slowed by the Great Depression of the 1930s but the influx of commercial buildings and new housing initiatives in the post-war boom led to a period of rapid growth especially in the Garden Village subdivision which was undertaken in 1953 with the plan to build 500 modern homes in the 140-acre site. Despite the closure of the interurban line in 1953, the neighbourhood remained an active commercial and residential centre.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Kelly-Douglas Company
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Associated Dates
- 1946
- Heritage Value
- The Kelly Douglas Company was founded in 1896 as a wholesale grocery business. It enjoyed rapid success during the Klondike Goldrush of 1898 when it became a primary supplier for prospectors. In 1946, its headquarters moved from Vancouver to Burnaby and a manufacturing plant and warehouse was built on the site.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
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Maywood Neighbourhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- Burnaby's Maywood Neighbourhood consists of the Metrotown Town Centre - one of four Town Centres in the City. Metrotown is one of the region's most developed and fastest growing centres. It is served by the first SkyTrain line developed in the mid-1980s and anchored by B.C.'s largest shopping and entertainment complex. As an older centre that has progressively added new developments over the years, Metrotown offers a range of housing types and tenures from three-storey walk-up apartments to modern residential towers.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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24 Hour Relay for Kids
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified runners handing a baton to each other at the start/finish line during the 24 Hour Relay for Kids fundraising event for Easter Seals Camps at Swangard Stadium. Other relay runners wait in the background and the stadium's stands are filled with spectators.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2507
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified runners handing a baton to each other at the start/finish line during the 24 Hour Relay for Kids fundraising event for Easter Seals Camps at Swangard Stadium. Other relay runners wait in the background and the stadium's stands are filled with spectators.
- Subjects
- Events - Fundraising
- Recreational Activities
- Names
- Swangard Stadium
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Runners hand off to each other at the hectic Start/Finish area in the early-going of The 24 Hour Relay for the Kids, held all weekend at Swangard Stadium. The annual event attracted more than 2400 runners on 120 teams, who covered almost 18,000 miles to raise money to send kids to Easter Seal Camps around BC."
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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24 Hour Relay for the Kids
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of crowd of runners at the starting line for the 21st annual 24 Hour Relay for the Kids at Swangard Stadium. The runners are starting from beneath a banner advertising the event and the stands in the background are filled with people.
1927 "Durant" Automobile
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [ca. 1941] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1927 "Durant" automobile, parked in front of the home of Annie and Jim Ellis at 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue). The Ford Motor plant is visible in the background.
2924 Silver Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 2924 Silver Ave (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue), taken form across the street.
6100 Block Kathleen Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1943 or 1944] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken looking north on Kathleen Avenue from the 6100 block of Kathleen Avenue after a snowfall.
6113 Silver Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1945 and 1949] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 3.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 6113 Silver Avenue, the Ellis family home, in the snow.
6113 Silver Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1948 or 1949] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 27.0 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fire damage at the side of 6113 Silver Avenue, the Ellis family home. A ladder is leaning against the side of the house, and a person can be seen in the window.
6113 Silver Avenue addition
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1947] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of an addition to 6113 Silver Avenue, the Ellis family home. Three people are sitting on the roof of the house.
6113 Silver Avenue addition
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1947] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograpm of the completed construction of an addition to 6113 Silver Avenue, the Ellis family home. Another house and car can be seen to the left.
Alma, Jack and George F. Nichols
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1942] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photorgraph of (left to right) Alma, Jack and George F. Nichols in the garden at 4016 Kingsway (later renumbered 4548 Kingsway). The family lived behind the Nichols Family Meat Market on Kingsway.
Alma Libre performance
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified member of musical group Alma Libre playing an acoustic guitar, as part of a performance at a press conference to announce the nominees for the 2001 West Coast Music Awards.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2213
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified member of musical group Alma Libre playing an acoustic guitar, as part of a performance at a press conference to announce the nominees for the 2001 West Coast Music Awards.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Musicians
- Names
- Metrotown
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Alma Libre performs at a special press conference at Metropolis at Metrotown to announce the nominees for the 2001 West Coast Music Awards. The band is nominated for Best World Release, and Best Instrumental Release, Non-Classical."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Annie King and Car
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Annie King standing beside a car at the front of her 4242 Grange Street home (old numbering).
Artist Graeme Shaw
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of artist Graeme Shaw working on a painting of a landscape in the lobby of the Metrotown Office Complex, as part of an exhibition of local artists' works to benefit the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The curved glass windows of the lobby and the neighbouring tower are also visible in the p…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2378
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of artist Graeme Shaw working on a painting of a landscape in the lobby of the Metrotown Office Complex, as part of an exhibition of local artists' works to benefit the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The curved glass windows of the lobby and the neighbouring tower are also visible in the photograph.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Artists
- Buildings - Commercial - Offices
- Events - Fundraising
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Graeme Shaw works on a landscape in the towering lobby of the Metrotown Office Complex, to add to an exhibit of works by local artists to benefit the Greater Vancouver Food Bank."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Avril Lavigne concert at Metrotown
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne playing an acoustic outdoor mini-concert at Metrotown to promote her upcoming album. Photographs depict Lavigne performing and the crowd during the performance.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2367
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne playing an acoustic outdoor mini-concert at Metrotown to promote her upcoming album. Photographs depict Lavigne performing and the crowd during the performance.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Musicians
- Events - Competitions
- Names
- Metrotown
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2367-1: "Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne plays an acoustic set at a free outdoor mini-concert at Metrotown Tuesday, to promote her upcoming album."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2367-2: "Fans of all ages enthusiastically greet Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne at a free outdoor mini-concert to promote her upcoming new CD, Tuesday at Metrotown in Burnaby."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2367-3: "Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne performs a six-song acoustic set at a free outdoor concert Tuesday at Metrotown in Burnaby. The concert was the only local stop in a tour of North American shopping malls to promote her upcoming CD, "Under My Skin.""
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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BC Coroner's Office in Central Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2528
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of unidentified staff from the BC Coroner's Office removing a decomposed body that was found in Central Park.
- Subjects
- Public Services
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2528-1: "Attendants from the BC Coroner's Office, remove a badly-decomposed body from Burnaby's Central Park. The body was found by a person walking their dog, in heavy underbrush north of the Pitch and Putt course."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2528-2: "Attendants from the BC Coroner's Office pick their way through heavy underbrush in Burnaby's Central Park to remove a body discovered off the trails north of the Pitch and Putt course."
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Birdhouse workshop at Old Orchard Shopping Centre
Bluey Day event
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Dave Edgecombe, of the Burnaby Fire Department, and Jeff Meyers, of the New Westminster Police, getting their heads shaved by unidentified people during "Bluey Day" at Metrotown Centre, where emergency services personnel volunteer to get their heads shaved to raise mone…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2559
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Dave Edgecombe, of the Burnaby Fire Department, and Jeff Meyers, of the New Westminster Police, getting their heads shaved by unidentified people during "Bluey Day" at Metrotown Centre, where emergency services personnel volunteer to get their heads shaved to raise money for the Michael Cuccione Foundation, Canuck Place and Children's Hospital.
- Subjects
- Events - Fundraising
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Occupations - Police Officers
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Metrotown
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2559-1: "Dave Edgecombe, of the Burnaby Fire Department, discovers that the path to baldness can be more harrowing than the destination, as he gives up his hair at the annual Bluey Day at Metrotown Centre. More than 50 emergency services personnel from around the Lower Mainland volunteered to get their heads shaved to raise money for the Michael Cuccione Foundation, Canuck Place and Children's Hospital."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2559-2: "Jeff Meyers, of the the New Westminster Police, gets a whole new look for the summer at the annual Bluey Day at Metrotown Centre in Burnaby. More than 50 emergency services personnel from around the Lower Mainland volunteered to give up their hair to raise money for the Michael Cuccione Foundation, Canuck Place and Children's Hospital."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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