Comments on: Our Missing West Coast Modern Heritage: what were we thinking?

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:04:00 +0000

Oh gosh this one makes me feel sick with rage

By: Paulla Maxey

Paulla Maxey — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 19:13:40 +0000

In reply to Jennifer Clay. Thank you Jennifer, for giving us the opportunity to salvage water plants, beautiful slabs of basalt and the elusive goldfish. The house itself was a true treasure, the complete antithesis of the monstrosity now standing in its’ place.

By: C McGregor

C McGregor — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 01:59:35 +0000

In reply to Eve Lazarus.

Librarians at the West Vancouver Memorial Library researched that a couple of years ago and found this article: chrome://external-file/Newsletter_May2007.pdf
And a clipping in the Local museum:
chrome://external-file/007.7-1.B52.pdf

By: Christopher Neary

Christopher Neary — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 06:25:23 +0000

Hi Eve, an old friend from your ad agency days here. I just bought a place in north van similar to this in a sentimental effort to restore it to it’s former glory. Not sure if you’d like to follow it, but I’d love to walk you through the restoration process for this blog. We (me and the wife) intend to be very sensitive to the modernist aesthetic of 1960, while taking advantage of modern materials. Just a thought. Ping if you’d like to say hi. 604 816 9766. Cheers. Chris Neary

By: Ideasbrewing

Ideasbrewing — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:27:18 +0000

I remember that house. We called it \”the airplane house\” when we were kids. (I was born in \’56). I remember it as being on the lower side of the highway west of Taylor Way, not Lonsdale. Memories

By: Rod

Rod — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:01:06 +0000

I remember the pink spaceship floating cross house. But I’m older than you 😉
Other than that fine memory / smile this story is heartbreaking…

By: Jennifer Clay

Jennifer Clay — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 22:33:24 +0000

I agree that tearing down this heritage house, only to put the empty lot up for sale, shows a complete lack of respect by the seller. I do believe that the $70,000 difference in price is likely related to the cost of drawing up the plans, applying for permits, demolition, and then sorting and trucking the various pieces to the landfill.

On the positive side, that lovely Japanese maple in your first photo, all the rock from the pond, 4 very hardy fish, and even a chunk of the old fireplace brick, now reside in two separate gardens in North Vancouver. It is still a shame though as that was one very lovely garden, and I am certain that the District would have gladly allowed the homeowner to build an addition that would sit on top of the existing house, thus allowing for the garden to be retained.

By: Kreditanstalt

Kreditanstalt — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:32:35 +0000

It was on Upper Levels Highway, not far (west, I believe) of the highway intersection with Lonsdale. When they widened the highway into two sides about 1980-85 or so with a verge in the middle it was left orphaned, standing in the middle between the two sides, and was soon razed. It was shocking PINK and looked rather like a spaceship, with the four second-floor ‘wings’ extending out over the ground from the small two-story central core. Perhaps a few of your old North Van readers can remember it?

By: Kreditanstalt

Kreditanstalt — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 16:23:49 +0000

Perhaps you could find a photo of another (former) North Vancouver landmark…that pink, cross-shaped, futuristic-looking house that, 15 or 20 year ago, used to sit in the midst of what is now the Upper Levels highway.

By: Sandra Stefanopoulos

Sandra Stefanopoulos — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 16:12:20 +0000

Sad but it is all about the money!