Eve Lazarus's Blog: Every Place has a Story, page 27
February 8, 2020
Documenting Local History
It wasn’t easy getting a seat at the West Vancouver Library last Wednesday night. The West Van Historical Society presented Local Voices: Shooting the North Shore with Ralph Bower, retired Vancouver Sun photographer and Mike Wakefield, who also recently retired from a 35-year photography career with the North Shore News.
The place was packed.
January 25, 2020
West Coast Modern: Selling Architecture as Art
For the last year or so I’ve been receiving emails from a realtor named Trent Rodney at West Coast Modern. They come with an invitation to drop by one of the dwindling stock of West Coast Modern houses on the North Shore, sip a cocktail, eat catered food and listen to jazz.
January 10, 2020
The Flying Seven and the Cambie Street Rocket Ship
This is one of my favourite photos. It ran with a story in Sensational Vancouver and shows six members of the Flying Seven posed in front of the rocket ship at Vancouver International Airport. The Flying Seven were Vancouver’s all-female aviators’ club. Tosca Trasolini—second from the right—was the youngest member at just 29 in this 1940 photo.
December 29, 2019
Top 10 Vancouver History Blogs of 2019
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve done a roundup of my favourite history blogs. To make the list, the blog had to be written by an individual, come out fairly regularly and have a strong Vancouver flavour.
In alphabetical order:
1. Changing Vancouver
John Atkin and Andy Coupland started the blog just after their book of the same name was published in 2010.
My Favourite Vancouver History Blogs of 2019
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve done a roundup of my favourite history blogs. To make the list, the blog had to be written by an individual, come out fairly regularly and have a strong Vancouver flavour.
In alphabetical order:
Changing Vancouver
John Atkin and Andy Coupland started the blog just after their book of the same name was published in 2010.
December 21, 2019
The Woodward’s Christmas Windows
When David Rowland heard that Woodward’s was closing in 1993, he phoned up the manager and put in an offer for the department store’s historic Christmas windows. They agreed on a price, and Rowland became the proud owner of six semi-trailer loads of animated teddy bears, elves, geese, children, a horse and cart and various storefronts.
November 23, 2019
Remembering Shannon Arlene Guyatt (1958-1992)
Monday November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This is an excerpt from Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts & Gardens.
Doug Guyatt was cleaning up the front yard of his Colwood home one afternoon in June 1992 when he found his wife’s severed head in a bag in the ditch.
October 25, 2019
Irving House: A Gothic Ghost Story
If you’ve noticed that I haven’t been blogging for several weeks – thank you! I’m working on new content for a book based on my blog which Arsenal Pulp Press will publish next September. In the meantime, I couldn’t let Halloween go past without a story.
I realize this is ridiculously early, but if you are shopping for a local history/true crime fan this Christmas, I’m selling three signed books (Murder by Milkshake, Cold Case Vancouver, and Blood, Sweat, and Fear) for $75 (including tax and mail in Metro Vancouver).
September 14, 2019
Alice: A Murder Mystery
In her day job, my friend Cat Rose works as a Crime Analyst for the Vancouver Police Department. In her spare time, she volunteers at the Vancouver Police Museum. Cat has a Masters in Public History and she has used her background to conceive, research and produce Alice: A Murder Mystery which debuts in time for Halloween.
August 12, 2019
Episode 12: No Justice for Molly Justice
This is the last episode of my podcast Blood, Sweat, and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance. I’ll be taking a few months off to write a new book, and then my plan is to host and produce a second series based on Cold Case Vancouver. If you’re not already, please subscribe and I’ll let you know when the next series is out.
