Vancouver Vanishes Narratives Of Demolition And Revival Adderson by Adderson, Caroline, 1963- Author, Photographer, Editor, Atkin, John, 1957- Author; Lau, Evelyn, 1971- Author; Gartner, Zsuzsi, Editor; Lazarus, Eve, Author; Partridge, Stephen, Author; Partridge, Elise, 1958-2015, Author; Mackie, John, 1956- Author; instant download after payment.

160 pages : 26 cm, Since 2004, an average of three houses a day are torn down, many of them original homes built for the middle working class in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Very few are deemed significant enough to merit heritage protection, but they are part of the heritage of the city. Their demolition is not only architectural loss. When these old home come down, a whole history goes with them -- the materials that were used to build them, the gardens, the successive owners and their secrets, The death and life of the Dorothies -- Development application No. DE413659 formerly known as 2539-2599 East Hastings Street -- A whole other kind of loss -- Demolition : it happens -- The end of the Leigh Block -- Our missing heritage -- Farewell to Jimmy, Ray and Tankman -- A lovable house -- The house on the Cul-de-Sac -- City Centre -- 3927 West 35th Avenue -- The lives of a house