Sperling Avenue (Pole Line Road)
Sperling-Broadway Neighbourhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- By the 1970s, the Sperling-Broadway Neighbourhood was characterised as one of the Municipality's fastest growing residential areas. In 1980, it was estimated that slightly less than half of the homes were single-family residences, while the remaining development was taking the form of townhouse and high-rise apartments. The emphasis shifted back to single family housing during the construction of planned subdivisions such as the Camrose subdivision in the 1980s and the area remains primarily residential in nature. The neighbourhood is well-served by park facilities and is also home to the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
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Montecito Elementary School
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Duthie Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1972
- Heritage Value
- The neighbourhood between Sperling Avenue and Burnaby Golf course was beginning to see a rapid development during the late 1960s causing the School Board to determine the need for a school to be built there. This was one of the last schools to be built in Burnaby before school enrolments in general began declining in the late 1970s.
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
- Street Address
- 2176 Duthie Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
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House at 2465 Sperling Avenue
Veranda of house at 2465 Sperling Avenue
House at 7390 Montecito Drive
House at 7390 Montecito Drive
Ornamental fountain at 6657 East Broadway
Home at 2291 Cliff Avenue
House at 2971 Phillips Avenue
House at 2910 Camrose Avenue
Shack at 7400 Block Halifax Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 7, 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 an old shack in the 7400 Block Halifax Street built in approximately 1930. The shack was a boiler shed for what was then a 40-acre farm specializing in pigs and horses.
New Home on Phillips Avenue
House construction on Paulus Crescent
Townhouses in Ellerslie Court
Construction Project
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1, 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 a construction project by BC Hydro at Broadway and Cliff Avenue to bury transmission cables. The work was contracted to G.M. Gest Construction of Montreal.
Fire Hall No. 4
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 7, 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 fire engine at Burnaby Fire Hall No. 4, on the corner of Duthie Avenue and Montecito Drive. Just as the photographer was taking this picture, the bell rang and the firemen jumped into the truck, ready to go to a fire on Pandora Street.