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Heritage Week: a time to look bac

AS REDEVELOPMENT pressures build during the current
real estate boom, the observance of Heritage Week, which
begins with national Heritage Day on Feb. 20, takes on an

immediate sense of relevance.

On the North Shore, coordi-
nated community action to identify
and preserve significant examples
of architectural heritage has been a
relatively short decade-long
endeavor.

North Vancouver interior de-
signer Jack Watts has been active
locally, provincially and nationally
in various heritage advisory
capacities.

Watts is past chairman of the
North Shore Heritage Committee
and past president of the North
Vancouver Arts Council. He was
elected to the board of the
Heritage Society of British Col-
umbia in 1982. A past president of
the society, he continues to be ac-
tive on the board of directors.

On the national level, Watts is a
provincial liaison for the Heritage
Canada Foundation and is chair-
man of the steering committee for
the foundation’s national con-
ference, scheduled to be held in
Vancouver at the end of October.

Over the past decade, the efforts
of Watts, like-minded community
volunteers and municipal repre-
sentatives have motivated the three
North Shore municipalities to
compile heritage inventories and
make heritage policy recommenda-
tions.

North Vancouver District’s and
West Vancouver District’s inven-
tory and policy recommendation
reporis have already been released.
The North Vancouver City reports
will be released in the coming
weeks.

The action necessary to preserve
the identified structures ultimately
takes place in the political arena.

By MICHAEL BECKER
News Reporter

But Watts is optimistic about the
past’s future.

“We're still fighting a battle (to
preserve heritage structures), but I
think we'll get over that within the
next five years. This movement is
gradually getting through to the
general public and they’re getting
behind it. At the moment it looks
pretty unsure when we're losing
things in our own community,’’ he
said.

“People realize that these are
the things that identify our history
in our community. People have cut
down the St. Alice Hotel, but it
does represent our history. It may
not be the Vancouver art gallery
(the former courthouse) as far as
an architectural masterpiece or
grand building. Every community
doesn’t have that. We have to
preserve what we do have,” said
Watts.

To mark Heritage Week, stu-
dents at local schools will be focus-
ing on heritage projects. An exhib-
it entitled The Story of a Com-
munity opens Feb. 20 at Park
Royal south and Capilano mails.
The exhibit chronicles the
deveiopment of education and in-
dustry in North Vancouver. The
display continues through to
March 12.

Local libraries will also feature
heritage displays. The North Van-
couver City Heritage Advisory
Comniittee is sponsoring a heritage
photo contest. Entry forms are
available at city hall, the city

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NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

HERITAGE SOCIETY of British Columbia board member Jack Watts stands outside the Harbour Manor
building at 252 East ist in North Vancouver — a designated heritage building.

library, North Shore
Neighbourhood House and recCen-
tre Lonsdale. The deadline for the
contest has been extended to June
30.

Said Watts: ‘‘Heritage is a
reflection of where we’ve been and
where we're going. It identifies to
younger generations, in particular,
a sense of history. A building does
tell a story. It’s important that we
have that continuity in our com-

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