Eve Lazarus's Blog: Every Place has a Story, page 2

A Fountain, a Ferry and Superyacht

The Lonsdale Quay fountain broke down in 2020 and cost $300,000 to fix. So we didn't. Now we can gaze upon the $200 million Superyacht instead

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On Tour!

I’m hitting the road this month and next, and I’ll be in Kelowna, Nelson, Trail and Abbotsford with stops back in North Vancouver and Granville Island. If you’re in the area, please stop by and say hello, I’d love to see you! Thursday Sept 11, 4:00 pm:    Mosaic Books, Kelowna Thursday Sept 11, 6:00 pm:… Continue reading On Tour!

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False Creek in the ’70s

Story by Eve Lazarus, photos by Bruce Stewart A half a century has gone by since Bruce Stewart took these photos of False Creek. By the time I arrived in Vancouver in the mid-1980s, the city was in the midst of final preparations for Expo ’86 and had already undergone massive change. False Creek was… Continue reading False Creek in the ’70s

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The Story of a Missing Film and a Broken Ring

By Sébastien Hudon In the summer of 2020, my colleague Louis Pelletier, an historian of early cinema, and I learned that some very old film reels were to be auctioned off in England and bids would be accepted online. The one that caught our attention related to the Empress of Ireland. Louis and I grew… Continue reading The Story of a Missing Film and a Broken Ring

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Third Crossing – Here we go again

If you’ve tried to drive on or off the North Shore, you’re likely no stranger to gridlock and road rage. An online petition was posted on change.org last week hoping to tap into that frustration. The petition is asking for a third crossing to take pressure off our aging bridges in the face of massive… Continue reading Third Crossing – Here we go again

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A Brief History of Ambleside Beach

If you live on the North Shore, chances are that you spend at least some of your summer at West Vancouver’s Ambleside Beach. Did you know that you are sitting on reclaimed land? Prior to 1965, much of this land was a swamp. In 1914, Ambleside was subdivided into lots and filled with makeshift homes… Continue reading A Brief History of Ambleside Beach

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Selwyn Pullan’s Studio

A Fred Hollingworth designed studio and carport, has been given a last-minute reprieve from the bulldozer, as the District of North Vancouver looks for a way to save the structures, according to an article by Brent Richter in the North Shore News this week. I spent quite a bit of time in that studio with… Continue reading Selwyn Pullan’s Studio

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Selwyn Pullan’s West Coast Studio Faces Demolition

A Fred Hollingworth designed studio and carport, has been given a last-minute reprieve from the bulldozer, as the District of North Vancouver looks for a way to save the structures, according to an article by Brent Richter in the North Shore News yesterday. I spent quite a bit of time in that studio with Selwyn… Continue reading Selwyn Pullan’s West Coast Studio Faces Demolition

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Empress of Ireland: Comaplix, BC

Of the many places that victims of the Empress of Ireland disaster hailed from, one of the most obscure was Comaplix, a sawmill town on the northeast arm of Upper Arrow Lake in the West Kootenay.

Freda Evans, 27 ran the Lardeau Hotel there with her husband Russell.

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The Tomahawk Restaurant

I had lunch at the Tomahawk Restaurant with my friend Bill Allman last week. A North Van resident, Bill first came here with his grandmother in 1969 when he was just a wee little lad, and he still drops by at least once, sometimes twice a week. Chuck Chamberlain, the second-generation owner—his dad Chick founded… Continue reading The Tomahawk Restaurant

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