Where Light, Art and Community Connect This Saturday, December 3rd, Lumiere will be lighting up the West End’s Morton Park at English Bay and Jim Deva Plaza on Davie Street. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 MORTON PARK 4:30 to 8 pm • Luna the Lumiere Whale returns courtesy of MK Illumination Canada • DJ Don Cosens • ...

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Davie Village and the West End: Going Back In Time: Part 2 After the overwhelming response to our last post about Davie Village and the West End in the 1920’s, We searched the City of Vancouver archives for more photos for you to enjoy.  All the photos are public domain and can be shared or ...

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Vancouver to unveil memorial to West End Sex Workers. It’s been an 8 year journey for the West End Sex Workers Memorial Committee, and through their steadfast efforts and public advocacy, a memorial will come to fruition on September 16th. The memorial will be dedicated to a community of sex workers expelled from Vancouver’s West ...

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The City of Vancouver has launched an online questionnaire and is only giving West End residents about one month to participate in an online survey.  Two open houses are planned for July 19 2016, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  West End Community Centre, 870 Denman St, and July 23 2016, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  ...

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A contentious motion to consider designating part of Vancouver’s West End as a heritage conservation area was passed by councillors Wednesday, putting the development plans of area homeowners on hold. There are about 35 restored heritage homes in Mole Hill, and most were built between 1888 and 1908. A trio of them could be developed in ways that could “seriously compromise” the esthetics of the ...

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Mark your calendars! The 2015 Car Free Day West End returns to Denman Street on Saturday, June 20. Now in its eighth consecutive year, Car Free Day invites West Enders out into the streets to celebrate our beautiful community and the things we love about it. Music, artisans, tasty treats and much more can be ...

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Beach Towers Construction Shelved     Tenants at Beach Towers in Vancouver’s West End received a letter from owner Devonshire Properties on June 5th.  This is major news for the neighbourhood as well as tenants of 607 rental apartments in four towers (19 to 21 stories) at 1600 Beach Avenue and 1651 Harwood Street.   After a ...

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The room was packed beyond Fire Marshall Regulations. 60 people waited in the West End Community Centre for the special Town Hall meeting to begin, as an overflow of many more people stood outside listening. Global and CBC cameras were set up. You could feel the room was on edge, irritable. Dating back to 1980, ...

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