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 …
Student Learning at the Archives
Here at the Archives, staff are settling back into our fall routines, including seeing the return of the school semesters …
First batch of Vancouver Sun photographic negatives now available in the Reading Room!
In late 2017, we received an unusually large and, yes, somewhat overwhelming acquisition: Postmedia Network Canada Corporation, publisher of the …
When is a City of Vancouver By-law not a City of Vancouver By-law?
When it’s a South Vancouver or Point Grey by-law! By-laws, as you likely know, are the mechanism by which municipal …
Happy 90th Anniversary, CVA!
On June 12, 2023, the City of Vancouver Archives will be marking its 90th anniversary. It was in 1933 on …