V blaze destroys | yacht -A Lynnwoed Marina blaze destroyed a.52-foot yacht and singed ‘a boathouse Wednesday at 1] a.m. orth Vancouver District Fire Malcolm ‘Dickie said the gutted boat was esti- $300,000. Damage tothe boathouse is esti- ‘Services assistant. chief mated to be worth mated at $40,000. Investigators combed the wreck- age-Thursday seeking clues to where the fire started and how it began. s News af the Weird. aw North Shore Alert... eunded in 1969 as ait itwfepen dent (Suburban “newspaper “and qua dé under dule FH, Paragraph 121 cf the Exesse TaN Act, ty : Friday ‘und Sunday by sterbuted te every ‘anda Most Canadian greement Na. 31.10 make way for _Opmenit was Ogura’s orestaurant We ednesday, : would iiss Ogtira’s fine establishment, paee Photos Fhit 0" ‘Oonahue {leh & 108) Paul McGrath (above) NORTH Vancouver. District firefighters took 25, minutes’ to knock ‘down 4 a fire that'destroyed’a yacht and melted the aluminum root of, “a Lynnwood Marina boathouse. An investigation is on- going. Patro ‘Ons bemoan. loss of popular NV greasy spoon By lan Noble “News Reporter WHEN business people lose. their meal ticket, reactions usually range ‘from mild 3 annoyance to outrig Bht anger. But not with Ken Ogura, the owner of: Frankie's Jan, where there ‘ts often a queue to get into the smoky Lower Lonsdale eatery. that sells soup for $1.25 a bowl. a +The notice to vacate. 59 Lonsdale by Jane: condo and retail devel ticket to freedom: While ‘busily tilling “Orders at: his packed the , ansiable, Oguri at the popular diner said he’s been work i eek, 12 hours aday, since 1975 six days ‘No holidays. : Wheir he bought the ‘pla nih Now he’s 50 and cnough’s enough, he said. > After closing, Ogura i is looking, forward to three months of hofiday- “[ deserve it,” said Ogura succinctly. | non Customers Drew Wagar, Marlene Urquhart, and Niue “Wager, who works at the Versatile Shipyard site, said ther spoott ‘around. Said Urgahart: “Foods great: Fast. Coflee’s tent.” Fortin, a oad ant College student Shing down with, three friends An identi A Apk nce 10 | #0," she punting, a Pisce spin on Pie ‘re staurant’s “demise before her friend» Sortin all said they 10 beticr | greasy: * will college students looking fora cheap meal gol Friday, December 13, 1996 ~ North Shore News -3 | 4-storey — | building Fram paue 1 anis were told. to leave by owners : LDP Holdings, who said insurers would no longer insure the deteri- orating buildings. ADP has agreed to. sell the buildings and other properties in the area 10 Redekop to put up the new brick, glass, tile and concrete building. ‘The four-storey devel- ppment will include 51 condo |) units-and commercial and_ retail _ onthe ground floor. The city’s advisory panels all approved of the new design, with the proviso. that ‘all efforts are made -to. retain existing materials in, the Syndicate Block. And where “replacement is necessary, original materials be used. : The Heritage Advisory Committee wants the Syndicate Block to be a stand alone building’ and does not want plans to build over the rear of the building to go ahead. Sraff, however, ‘said only the size of the overbuild had been “a concern previously.and Redekop is not prepared to go along with a reduced floor aréa removing the overbuild would entail. City siaft called the building site strategic for Lower Lonsdale: and the'develupment, if approved, woul set a distinct character for the area, Statt added thar the char- a of due new building, ceflects the character of the pistonc Laaver Fon sdake area. without complete: fy miming a hert ae iunidine, Gary ‘hides stan stor SEEUCE. The developers hase requested Jincreases 16 allowable building heiuht and tlour-area ratio, “AML of the relaxations that.are being requested werfeel are rea- sonable,” said Penvay. Redekow did not revirn News ; calls to presitime Thursday. The. public hearing at city hall is scheduled to start at §:30 p.m. * See Heritage Page M4. “NEWS photo Paul McGrath “FRANKIE S$ Inn owner Ken Ogura is happy to be seeing an end t to a tong time int the kitchen. Suriimer Cameron wot down ta the nitty gritty — cash, 3 More pricey places will move'in after thé new development i is complete, she said ‘ “Where are these places going tego?” she asked about F ‘rank %. And where ue “tp means we can't go ont as offen,” she: sad: While others worry that removing his and other buildings i in the eclectic surip vill ditninish the area's character, Ogura said tearing dower his build ng i is bet- ter than maint Low ing it, Character issues ‘do not worry him. ove Mmnot going | to worry abo. anything ints Mons. .