January 2007

Kitsilano Streets Named for Trees: Maple Street

by Maggie Chandler January 30, 2007 Kitsilano

Maple Street is a beautiful quiet residential street in Kitsilano that’s only 2 blocks from the busy Burrard thoroughfare. Originating from the park at Kits Beach, it passes through charming Kits Point residential blocks, heading south across Cornwall. East at that intersection there are many little cafes that offer great food and coffee. Maple then …

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Kitsilano Elementary School

by Maggie Chandler January 8, 2007 Kitsilano

Kitsilano is home to some of the earliest schools to be established in Vancouver,

These elementary schools, with their British colonial names reveal the history and bias of the culture of the people who first built this city. Times have changed, but the old school buildings remain active, populated and well-used; they are part of the …

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Kitsilano Streets Named after Trees – Maple Street

by Maggie Chandler January 8, 2007 Kitsilano

Maple Street is a beautiful quiet residential street in Kitsilano

That’s only 2 blocks from the busy Burrard thoroughfare. Originating from the park at Kits Beach, it passes through charming Kits Point residential blocks, heading south across Cornwall. East at that intersection there are many little cafes that offer great food and coffee. Maple then crosses …

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Coal Harbour's Flatiron, Vancouver

by Maggie Chandler January 8, 2007 Coal Harbour

What’s that at 1277 Melville in Coal Harbour? Flatiron?

Triangles. A triangle meeting of the West End, Coal Harbour and Stanley Park.

The triangular intersection of Melville, Pender and Jervis, and the Flatiron: designed with inspiration from the old triangular Flatiron building in New York City. Described as a “lithe and elegant tower”, the Flatiron makes maximum …

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