Heritage houses on 10th Avenue between Cambie and Main
I know that I’m writing about Heritage Week BC 2011 late (mostly because I didn’t want to overlap with everyone else who was writing about it – I felt that you, my dear readers, were probably getting a lot of information from a number of outlets and thus I wanted to find a topic that I could write about that was related to where I live and what I am mostly interested.
I just found on my Flickr stream some photos of heritage houses on 10th Avenue between Cambie and Main, the area where I live (well, technically I live a bit south, but it’s not like I’m THAT far south) and I figured that would tie in nicely with Heritage Week BC 2011, as these houses are classified as cultural heritage by the City of Vancouver.
Heritage Week BC takes place from February 21st to 27th, and the theme this year is Parks and Cultural Landscapes. I have written about British Columbia and its beautiful parks and cultural landscapes on my blog quite often. I’m mostly, as you know, fascinated by small, pocket parks. But I also love the beautiful big parks, like Stanley Park.
One of the elements that most excites me about British Columbia is the heritage architecture. And 10th Avenue between Cambie and Main Streets helps me showcase this kind of architecture. Mostly because of the coach houses in the back of the mansions that I know I will not be able to afford, ever. Heritage Week BC 2011 has a number of community events (mostly around parks).
I will have to confess that sometimes I’m worried I’m going to be kicked out because I take photos of the coach houses, primarily because they’re private property. That’s why you don’t see actual shots there (but, if I do get a DSLR – which I am planning to do – I will definitely use a telephoto lens and capture some of the architectural beauty of these houses and their coach houses).
Related posts:
- Gingerbread Houses at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver 2011
- Heritage houses on Hamilton Street (Yaletown)
- Older houses in Coal Harbour
- The Britannia Heritage Shipyard (Steveston, BC)
- Floating houses on Granville Island
I live in this neighborhood and walk the dog by these gorgeous houses quite often. But I hear that the high cost of real estate threatens their existence, because there are no incentives for people to hold on to them. Case in point: just the other day I saw a lovely old house (not one of these in your post) slated for demolition to make way for six luxury townhouses. Can anything be done to protect more of Vancouver’s historic homes?
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very cool i didn’t know heritage week is coming up. yes these are SUCH lovely homes and hopefully people who own them are keeping up with the restorations so our neighbourhoods continue to reflect this history. It is too bad though that the cost to own something like this is a dream for most working class people!