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Title: A.H. Timms Commercial Printer
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1928
Description: A.H. Timms' printing business at 236 East 14th Avenue. Also exists as a lantern slide (66974).
Subject(s): Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - East 14th Avenue, Dwellings, Snow, Winter, Timms & Company, Automobiles
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1920s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Be Open - Interview with Matt Loeb:
Contributor(s): Loeb, Matt (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-08
Language: English
Description: Matt Loeb gives his advice to newcomers to Vancouver.
Extent: 00:00:39
Subject(s): Cities and towns, Vancouverites
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Blossom Season - Interview with Toshio Sato:
Contributor(s): Sato, Toshiro (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Toshio talks about cherry blossoms, here in Vancouver and in Japan.
Extent: 00:01:17
Subject(s): Flowering cherries, Trees
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Canadian Life - Interview with Peter Sayo:
Contributor(s): Sayo, Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-19
Language: English
Description: Peter has lived the "Canadian Dream," moving to Vancouver from the Philippines, getting an education, starting a family, opening a business, volunteering in his community and now enjoying his retirement.
Extent: 00:03:04
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Filipino Canadians, Volunteers, Entrepreneurs, Royal Canadian Legion. Branch 177
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Central Living - Interview with Dr. Denise Hall:
Contributor(s): Hall, Denise (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-24
Language: English
Description: Dr. Denise Hall has lived and worked in central Vancouver - downtown, Yaletown and now the Olympic Village.
Extent: 00:03:06
Subject(s): Volunteering, Volunteers, Festivals, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Urban transportation, Ferries, Aquabus
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Kate Bevan-Smith
Contributor(s): Bevan-Smith, Kate (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-26
Language: English
Description: Kate Bevan-Smith is a very recent arrival in Vancouver who is soaking it all up.
Extent: 00:04:15
Subject(s): Festivals, Volunteers, Hockey, Music, Railroad travel, Vancouver Canucks (Hockey team), Doors Open Vancouver, Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Comparing Japan and Vancouver - Interview with Mariko Takashina:
Contributor(s): Takashina, Mariko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Mariko compares her life in Japan with the 'human style' of Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:46
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Cultural differences
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Connections and Sock Puppets - Interview with Mike Arshinoff:
Contributor(s): Arshinoff, Mike (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-08
Language: English
Description: Mike talks about his favourite ice breaker strategy to get strangers to open up in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:00:43
Subject(s): Social interaction, Coffeehouses, Sock puppets, Creative community
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Dump truck clearing snow
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1928
Description: Dump truck clearing snow on East 14th Avenue. Also exists as a lantern slide (67770).
Subject(s): Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - East 14th Avenue, Snow, Winter, Dwellings, British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Dump trucks
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1920s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Encounter with Polar Bear:
Contributor(s): Joe, Gerald (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: Young man poses in front of a Polar Bear at the Northwest Territories Pavilion.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Polar bear, Expo 86 - Northwest Territories Pavilion
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Engaged in Vancouver - Interview with Matt Loeb:
Contributor(s): Loeb, Matt (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-08
Language: English
Description: Matt Loeb talks about how he decided to get married in Vancouver one afternoon.
Extent: 00:01:27
Subject(s): Marriage, Cascade Room (Restaurant), Cocktails, Couples
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Family Business - Interview with Nikki Roussanidis:
Contributor(s): Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Leo Balatsas ran his downtown service station for decades. His daughter, Nikki Roussanidis, worked there as a teen, and remembers it as a thriving small business and a lively hangout for Greek immigrants.
Extent: 00:01:15
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Immigrants - Employment, Teenagers, Service stations, Greek Canadians, Family-owned business enterprises
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Far From the Shire
Contributor(s): Hoy, Brenda (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 2016-06-01
Description: American actor, best known for playing Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He also was the voice of Mumble in Happy Feet. He was recently in town this spring/summer to film a new TV series called Dirk Gently, to air on BBC America. In late June, he was gracious enough to stop for a picture while on a break from filming an outdoor walking scene at Guelph Park in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. There are few photos of him flashing his pearly whites, so I especially like this picture because of his winning smile!
Subject(s): Actors, Wood, Elijah, Television - Production and direction
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: Inukshuk among Expo 86 Demolition Rubble:
Contributor(s): Fryeskul, Jim (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: Inukshuk stands among demolition rubble of Expo 86 after the World's Fair closed in October 1986.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Buildings - Demolition, Inukshuks, Expo 86 - Northwest Territories Pavilion
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Japanese Canadians Returning to Vancouver - Interview with Dorothy Matsune
Contributor(s): Matsune, Dorothy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Dorothy Matsune tells us about returning to Vancouver after her family was forced to return to Japan after World War II. Many Japanese Canadians chose to return to Japan when forced out of their homes in Canada by the internment and relocation of Japanese Canadians.
Extent: 00:03:02
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Japanese Canadian Internment, Racism
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: JJ Bean - Interview with Mike Arshinoff:
Contributor(s): Arshinoff, Mike (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-08
Language: English
Description: Mike talks about his love of extroverted spaces in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:00:35
Subject(s): Social interaction, Coffeehouses, JJ Bean Coffee Roasters
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Journey to Canada - Interview with Nikki Roussanidis:
Contributor(s): Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Nikki Roussanidis speaks about her parents' journey to Canada.
Extent: 00:01:26
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Immigrants - Employment, Family
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: The Lively Olympic Village - Interview with Joyce
Contributor(s): Joyce (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-29
Language: English
Description: Joyce sold her large West Side home and moved to a small condo in the Olympic Village - the convenience and vibrancy have great appeal.
Extent: 00:01:18
Subject(s): Communities, SkyTrain
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Living in Mount Pleasant - Interview with Julia Lane:
Contributor(s): Lane, Julia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-08
Language: English
Description: Julia talks about what it's like for her and her family living in Mount Pleasant and some of her favourite places and activities in the neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:01:00
Subject(s): Communities, Family, Walking, Walkability, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Olympic Village and Olympic Vibe - Interview with Brenda Martens:
Contributor(s): Martens, Brenda (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-30
Language: English
Description: Brenda talks about her involvement with the Olympic Village development and the Olympic vibe in the city during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
Extent: 00:01:06
Subject(s): Winter Olympic Games (21st : 2010), Sustainable buildings - Design and construction, Hockey
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City