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Vancouver vanishes : narratives of demolition and revival / Caroline Adderson, John Atkin, Kerry Gold, Evelyn Lau, Eve Lazarus, John Mackie, Elise & Stephen Partridge and Bren Simmers ; with an introduction by Michael Kluckner ; photographs by Tracey Ayton and Caroline Adderson ; edited by Caroline Adderson and Zsuzsi Gartner.

ISBN: 9781772140347 (paperback) :
Physical Description: 160 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm
Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Anvil Press, 2015.
Copyright: &copy;2015.

Adderson, Caroline, 1963- (author,, photographer,, editor.). Atkin, John, 1957- (author.). Gold, Kerry, 1964- (author.). Lau, Evelyn, 1971- (author.). Lazarus, Eve, 1959- (author.). Mackie, John, 1956- (author.). Partridge, Elise, (author.). Partridge, Stephen, (author.). Simmers, Bren, 1976- (author.). Ayton, Tracey, (photographer.). Gartner, Zsuzsi, (editor.).

Summary:

"Since 2004, more than 10,000 demolition permits have been issued for residential buildings in the city of Vancouver. An average of three houses a day are torn down, many of them original homes built for the middle can working class in the 1920s, ‘30s, and ‘40s. Very few are deemed significant enough to merit heritage protection, but they are part of our heritage nonetheless and their demolition is not only an architectural loss. When these old home come down, a whole history goes with them – the materials that were used to build them, the gardens, the successive owners and their secrets. These old houses and apartments are repositories of narrative. They story of our city is diminished every time one disappears."-- Provided by the publisher.