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Title: Canadian Bank of Commerce, Spencer's Department Store, Empire and Marine Buildings:
Contributor(s): Frank, Leonard (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1935
Description: Looking west on Hastings Street from Richards Street - Canadian Bank of Commerce - Spencer's Department store - Empire Building - Marine Building - automobiles - street cars. Old Photo Number not available.
Subject(s): Architecture, Automobiles, Urban transportation, Buildings, Street-railroads - Cars, Street-railroads, Department stores, Stores, Retail
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Leonard Frank Collection

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: Downtown Living - Interview with Cherylie Dufour:
Contributor(s): Dufour, Cherylie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Native Montrealer Cherylie Dufour came to Vancouver for a job with the 2010 Olympics and decided to stay. She loves her downtown, car-free lifestyle.
Extent: 00:02:45
Subject(s): Urban transportation, Automobile ownership, Walking
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Expo 86 and Riding the SkyTrain - Interview with Veralena Casellato
Contributor(s): Casellato, Veralena (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-09
Language: English
Description: Memories of the SkyTrain being built and using it to visit Expo '86
Extent: 0:01:23
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), SkyTrain, Urban transportation
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Story City, Expo Retro

Title: Fairview Neighbourhood Changes - Interview with Grace Eiko Thomson:
Contributor(s): Thomson, Grace Eiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Grace talks about the changes she has noticed in the 10 years of living in the Fairview neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:00:35
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Buses, Urban transportation
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Getting Along in the Winter - Interview with Aida Arthur
Contributor(s): Arthur, Aida (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-19
Language: English
Description: Immigrating from a warm climate, Aida Arthur immediately faced an uncommonly snowy winter and a transit strike, but that didn't slow her down.
Extent: 00:02:12
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Winter, Urban transportation
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: Good Transit Makes a Difference - Interview with John McGuire and Eunkyung Koo:
Contributor(s): McGuire, John (Interviewee), Koo, Eunkyung (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-20
Language: English
Description: John and Eunkyung talk about the importance of good public transportation.
Extent: 00:00:56
Subject(s): Transportation - Passenger traffic, Urban transportation
Location(s): South Cambie
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Visiting Vancouver - Interview with Josh Shin:
Contributor(s): Shin, Josh (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-23
Language: English
Description: Josh shares early memories of visiting Vancouver and the types of things his family did back then.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Street-railroads, Urban transportation, Canadians - Social life and customs, Weddings, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City