Lighting up the province: Neon Products design records now available
The Archives is pleased to announce that records of Vancouver’s first and longest-lived neon sign company, Neon Products, are now …
Just Encased: A Spotlight on the Conservation Treatment and Digitization of Cased Photographs
Cased photograph is a term used to describe a class of photographs popularized in the mid-19th century that includes daguerreotypes, …
Visions of the Good Life: Landscape architecture of Desmond Muirhead, Clive Justice & Harry Webb
The Archives is pleased to announce that the entirety of the architectural drawings of the partnerships of Desmond Muirhead, Clive …
More Vancouver Sun Photographic Negatives Available in the Reading Room!
You may have heard that Postmedia Network Canada Corporation donated approximately 5.6 million Vancouver Sun and The Province photographic negatives …
Association of Architecture School Librarians Conference 2024
In March, I was fortunate to attend the annual Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL) conference held this year in …
33,300+ Building Department Architectural Drawings Fully Described
We’re pleased to announce we’ve completed a major project to reprocess the entirety of the Building Department and Permits and …
When Houses Sprout Stores: Residential Streets Evolve to Commercial Streets
As you walk down various current-day commercial districts throughout Vancouver, have you ever noticed houses that appear to pop out …
From the Brambly Apartments to Blood Alley, Heritage Inventory has it all!
As of late last month another 7,083 Heritage Inventory photographs and 1,001 Intersection photographs have been uploaded to our online …
Happy Holidays!
A reminder that the Archives will be closed for the holidays at 5:00 pm on Friday, December 22, 2023, and …
Heritage Consultant Hal Kalman’s project files now available
We are excited to announce a new accrual to the Harold Kalman fonds (AM363). Kalman is an architectural historian and …