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Title: Annual Riley Park Block Party - 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 local block party, an annual potluck get-together with neighbours.
Extent: 00:01:04
Subject(s): Neighbourhood watch programs, Cooking, Entertaining, Sustainability
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Artist Trading Cards - Interview with Leanne Bishop:
Contributor(s): Bishop, Leanne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-24
Language: English
Description: Leanne explains the emergence of ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) on the Vancouver art scene.
Extent: 00:02:21
Subject(s): Artists, Trading cards, ATCs (Artist Trading Cards), Creative community
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Car accident in front of Fraser Box Co., 4905 Ontario:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Car accident in front of Fraser Box Co., 4905 Ontario.
Subject(s): Traffic accidents, Fraser Box Co.
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Changes in the Riley Park Neighbourhood - Interview with Art Bomke
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about some of the changes he's seen during his 40+ years living in the Riley Park neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:01:19
Subject(s): American Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Gentrification, Grocery trade, Safeway Stores, Nesters Markets, Restaurants, Nightlife
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Child's Local Market
Contributor(s): Derkson, Roland (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Extent: 00:06:14
Subject(s): Small business, Grocers, Family-owned business enterprises
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Community Gardens - A Resource for Food Security - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about the issues around poverty and food insecurity and how the Little Mountain Riley Park Community Garden may help to alleviate these problems.
Extent: 00:00:50
Subject(s): American Canadians, Community gardens, Food supply, Parks - Public use
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Community Recommendations for Riley Park Redevelopment - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art explains the how the Riley Park redevelopment process included community involvement after the Riley Park Community Centre, Ice Rink, and Percy Norman Pool were demolished and moved to the new Hillcrest Community Centre development. Two requests from the community engagement process were for the park to have a community garden and space for farmer's markets.
Extent: 00:00:48
Subject(s): American Canadians, Community gardens, Farmers' markets, Food supply, Parks - Public use
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Create Biodiversity and Inspire Neighbours - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about the general design of the Little Mountain Riley Park Community Garden and the types of plants and trees that are being planted. Planning has aimed to improve biodiversity within the neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:00:51
Subject(s): American Canadians, Community gardens, Biodiversity, Parks - Public use
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Different Community Garden Model - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about the popularity of community gardening in Vancouver, with its waitlists, and how the Little Mountain Riley Park Community Garden's different approach to community gardening organization will hopefully allow them to put resources into different areas including education. The success of their model depends on enthusiastic and dedicated participants to join.
Extent: 00:00:35
Subject(s): American Canadians, Community gardens, Volunteers, Parks - Public use
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: English Is Not Always English - 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: Despite many similarities between Canada and New Zealand, newly transplanted Kiwi Kate Bevan-Smith had to make a few important adaptations.
Extent: 00:00:55
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, English language
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Family Feeling - Interview with Pam Sywulych:
Contributor(s): Sywulych, Pam (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Pam compares her own childhood and her friend Katherine's childhood with the family atmosphere currently found in the Main and King Edward area.
Extent: 00:00:45
Subject(s): Communities, Community relations, Family
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: I Love This Neighbourhood - Interview with Erin Seeley:
Contributor(s): Seeley, Erin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-30
Language: English
Description: Erin takes us through a list of some of her favourite mom & pop stores in the Riley Park neighbourhood, talks about her involvement in the Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, and enthusiastically gushes about her home and neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:05:30
Subject(s): Small business, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Communities
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Leaving the U.S. for a Job in Canada - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about his reasons for moving from the United States and settling in Vancouver in the 1970s.
Extent: 00:00:57
Subject(s): American Canadians, Employment, University of British Columbia - Faculty, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Libraries and Community Gardens: Unifying Public Amenities - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about unifying public amenities such as public libraries and community gardens and how they bring us together as a society and as a community.
Extent: 00:00:58
Subject(s): American Canadians, Community gardens, Parks - Public use, Community development
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Little Mountain Riley Park Community Garden - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art discusses the process of setting up a new community garden in the Riley Park neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:03:43
Subject(s): American Canadians, Community gardens, Parks - Public use, Community development
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Many Memories - Interview with Olive McEwan:
Contributor(s): McEwan, Olive (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-19
Language: English
Description: Lifetime Little Mountain resident Olive McEwan, l gives us a quick overview of all her strongest memories of growing up in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:02:44
Subject(s): Childhood, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vaccines, False Creek Shipyards
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Neighbourhood Benefits of Community Gardens - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about the process of setting up the Little Mountain Riley Park Community Garden in Vancouver and about the benefits of community gardens to a neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:02:16
Subject(s): American Canadians, Community gardens, Food supply, Parks - Public use, Social interaction, Volunteers
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Queen Elizabeth Park Saxophone Player - Interview with Michael Shaver
Contributor(s): Shaver, Michael (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-26
Language: English
Description: Michael describes his experience hearing a mysterious saxophone player in Queen Elizabeth park.
Extent: 00:02:14
Subject(s): Parks, Music, Musical instruments, Saxophone, Creative community
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Resource-Based City - Interview with Kathryn Bird:
Contributor(s): Bird, Kathryn (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-12
Language: English
Description: Kathryn talks about the history of Vancouver as a resource-based city and the changes she's seen since the 1970s.
Extent: 00:01:37
Subject(s): Forest products industry, Natural resources, Industries, Labor and laboring classes
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Stewarding Vancouver's Green Spaces - Interview with Lindsey Cook Graham:
Contributor(s): Cook Graham, Lindsey (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-24
Language: English
Description: A love of Vancouver's natural beauty inspired Lindsey Cook Graham to become involved with the Bloedel Conservatory and VanDusen Gardens.
Extent: 00:03:00
Subject(s): Parks, Walking, Active life enthusiasts, VanDusen Botanical Garden Association, VanDusen Botanical Display Gardens, Bloedel Conservatory (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City