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1401 East 49th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. [Gordon School]

File consists of architectural drawings of two additions to Gordon School (renamed Sir Sanford Fleming School in 1929). The drawings depict site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, details, schedules, and mechanical and plumbing equipment layouts. Projects documented in the file include:

West wing addition (architectural), 1928: LEG228.03751 to .03755
West wing addition ((structural), 1928: LEG228.03756 to .03757
Addition (architectural), 1958: LEG2285.03758 to .03782
Addition (structural), 1958: LEG2285.03783 to .03789
Addition (mechanical), 1958: LEG2285.03790 to .037895
Addition (electrical), 1958: LEG2285.03796 to .03798

South Vancouver (B.C.). Office of the Building Inspector

420 East 23rd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. [Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School]

File consists of architectural drawings of the original design of and two subsequent additions to Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School. The drawings depict site plans, foundation plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, details and schedules.

Projects documented in the file include:
Original design (architectural), 1957: LEG2285.03946 to .03985
Original design (structural), 1957: LEG2285.03986 to .04005
Addition on roof (architectural), 1964: LEG2285.04006 to .04012
Addition on roof (structural), 1964: LEG2285.04013
Addition on roof (mechanical), 1964: LEG2285.04014
Addition on roof (pre-cast concrete design), 1964: LEG2285.04015 to .04018, .33234
New wing addition (architectural), 1965: LEG2285.04015 to .04036
New wing addition (structural), 1965: LEG2285.04037 to .04048
New wing addition (mechanical), 1965: LEG2285.04049 to .04056
New wing addition (electrical), 1965: LEG2285.04057 to .04067

Exploring Vancouver’s Chinatown

Item is an educational video produced by the Vancouver School Board for use with a textbook entitled ‘Exploring Vancouver’s Chinatown: A Resource Guide’. The film has no narration, but a background score with Chinese instruments, and scene noise in some places. It opens with footage of the sun rising over Chinatown from a rooftop vantage point. It lingers on vendors and storefronts preparing to open, a Tai Chi class in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden’s main pavilion, Tai Chi in a local park, scenes of residential streets, houses, schools, and playgrounds. The film includes footage of a variety of local businesses, such as a barbershop, an apothecary, a school, calligraphy, tailor, fire department, auto repair, and a newspaper printer. It concludes with footage of the musicians playing the background music and street scenes of the sun setting over Chinatown.

Linking schools with the community

Item is a promotional film developed to support and promote the Vancouver School Board’s Partners in Education program. The film presents testimonials and success stories from various businesses and schools who have taken advantage of the program, discussing what benefits the partnered schools and businesses were able to bring to each other. The film begins with school administrators and business people talking about the program. The film then presents a number of success stories with various business and schools. The partnerships profiled include: The Port of Vancouver, Chevron Canada, Unisys Canada Inc., University Hospital, the Dr. Sun Yat-Yat Sen Classical Chinese Gardens, the Champlain Mall, the Pan Pacific Hotel, and Vancouver Community College.

The film involves testimonials and short interviews with a number of teachers, school administrators, and business: Jim Matkin (President, BC Business Council), Sheila Tripp (School Principal), Ken Haycock (School Principal), Ken Harvey (Director, Vancouver School Board), Dr. Dante Lupini (Superintendent of Schools, Vancouver), Gwen Smith (School Principal), Barbara Duggan (Vancouver Port Corporation), Gary Ryan (Chevron Canada Ltd), Bill Strachan (Chevron Canada Ltd), Neil Prinsen (Teacher), Maris Pavelson (Unisys Canada Inc.), Sheila Tripp (School Principal), Arlene Cook (Teacher), Lesley Bainbridge (University Hospital), Diane Bolton (Champlain Mall), Joyce Anderson (School Principal), Anne Shorthouse (Program Manager, VSB), Gail Smith (Program Manager, VSB), and Darcy Rezak (Vancouver Board of Trade).

Mount Pleasant School : 300-block East Broadway Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.

File consists of architectural drawings of Mount Pleasant School. The drawings depict block plans, site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections and details. The file includes the following drawings:

Original architectural, 1897: LEG2285.12391
New wing addition, 1910s?: LEG2285.12392 to .12395
Basement renovations, 1910s?: LEG2285.12396
Proposed addition, 1920s?: LEG2285.12397 to 12407
Block plan of site, 1931: LEG2285.12408 to .12409
Renovations, 1949, 1955: LEG2285.12410 to .12413