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My review of Dunlevy Snackbar
Upon parking, the first thing I meet is the Salvador Dali parking meter. It’s orange and droopy. I start mining my cavernous bag for coins when my husband gives me that special look — that...
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School cafeteria and storytelling pop-ups for adults
Mia Stainsby Vancouver Sun Oh, for a chance to revisit the psycho-dramas and the insecurities as well as the LOL moments, the A+ report card moments and innocence of elementary and high school years!...
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This Week in History: Happy 130th birthday Vancouver
Wednesday was Vancouver’s 130th birthday and the Vancouver Archives celebrated by putting a significant part of the city’s history online — 2,100 old maps and prints. Looking through them is...
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Real estate: How high can it go?
Realtor Rick Stonehouse recently listed a 1907 heritage home at 640 Union street in Strathcona for $1.649 million. It attracted three offers and sold in a week for $1.85 million — $200,000 over asking....
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A faded Vancouver beauty comes back to life
In 1895, Robert Pollock built a three-bedroom house at 320 Barnard St., which is now called Union Street. It was modest, but cool, with a square bay window in front, a funky little arch with dentils...
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Whistler tops for binge-drinkers, while smokers gather in Strathcona
There’s a reason Whistler’s called a party town, recording top-of-the charts in binge drinking. But those residents are still more active than others in B.C., possibly because they’re young enough to...
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This Week in History: Happy 130th birthday Vancouver
Wednesday was Vancouver’s 130th birthday and the Vancouver Archives celebrated by putting a significant part of the city’s history online — 2,100 old maps and prints. Looking through them is...
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Dan Fumano: Leaking, derelict home in Strathcona a "nuisance" to city,...
Louis Lapprend says there’s a “mystery” in the century-old brick home next-door. He noticed something was awry last month, on what seems like one of the only days this year when it wasn’t raining in...
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Vancouver proposes to bisect Strathcona Park with big road
In the 1960s and early ’70s, Strathcona residents bitterly fought the City of Vancouver over a freeway that would have sliced up Union Street all the way to Burnaby. The freeway plans were nixed, but...
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The King of Strathcona Ramon 'Benny' Benedetti retires
In 1919 Alfonso Benedetti started an ice cream parlour at Union and Princess in Vancouver. Ninety-eight years later, his family still has a grocery store in the same location at 598 Union St. Benny’s...
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Reactivated rail line a headache for Strathcona residents
Every couple of nights Su-Laine Brodsky is woken up by a giant crash outside her bedroom window. Brodsky lives beside a railway line in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood. For years it was barely...
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Celebrating centennial of Strathcona's historic black church with hope
Before city council bulldozed the homes and businesses of its black community to build the Vancouver viaducts, the Fountain Chapel on Jackson Avenue was the lifeblood of Strathcona. On Sunday, the...
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Panel weighing impact of various arterial routes through Strathcona
The City of Vancouver has to choose a new east-west arterial route to connect Main Street to Clark Drive in East Vancouver after the Georgia-Dunsmuir viaducts come down. For years, city planners,...
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City of Vancouver, province open Nora Hendrix Place modular homes
Nora Hendrix has been described as a remarkable woman who was the glue that connected Vancouver’s early black community. On Sunday, the provincial government and the City of Vancouver officially opened...
View ArticleCommunity picks new way for planned arterial through Strathcona
The community group assembled by the City of Vancouver to recommend a new arterial road through Strathcona has come back with their preferred route, selecting an option that wasn't initially on the...
View Article'Arterial drama': Council set to choose best path forward for Strathcona road
Vancouver's council is set to choose a route for an arterial road through Strathcona, a major turning point in a years-long and often contentious process. Read More
View ArticleBig win for Prior Street residents as Vancouver council backs calming plan
Residents on busy Prior Street in Vancouver's Strathcona neighbourhood had a big win Wednesday night when council voted in favour of a pilot project to turn the thoroughfare into a two-lane collector...
View ArticleSociety believes 'justice delayed, justice denied' for black community at...
During the 1960s, the Hogan's Alley community — a hub for black citizens in the Strathcona neighbourhood — was razed to make way for on-ramps to the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts. Black residents were...
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