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32 - Sunday, May 19, 1985 - North Shore News

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MARINE DRIVE GROWTH

Revitalization wipes out fire memory

TO THIS DAY it remains the largest commercial
fire in the North Vancouver District.

By DAWN BURKE

It took firefighters over 14
hours to end the blaze and
about three-quarters of the
businesses in the 1000 block
Marine Drive were damaged.

Today, most of the
businesses that were located
there before the fire are
gone. ‘But the ones that sur-
vived and the newer ones are
looking ahead.

On August 5, 1981 a fire
started in what had once
been Collegiate Sports. The
fire quickly spread and
firefighters had to use
dynamite to bring it under
control. The Collegiate
Sports site was gutted and
numerous other businesses
suffered damage ranging
from extensive to minimal.

The Discovery Shop, B.C.
Playthings, North Van-
couver Carpet Gift Shop,
Roma’s Ladies Wear, Eric’s
Beautyland, Betty Grace
Antiques, the P & W Cafe,
Denny’s Antiques, AAA
Furniture, W.J. Andrews
Antiques and the Avalon
Hotel suffered some dam-
age. The Modern Fix-it
Shop, Western Accessories,
Blue Lagoon Barbers. and
Crown Glass were not dam-
aged. Of those retail outlets,
only B.C. Playthings, The
Modern Fix-it Shop, Blue
Lagoon Barbers and Crown
Glass remain.

New shops on the block

-. include. Knock. Knock Anti-

ques, the Shape-Up Shop,
Act 1, Nutri/System, Com-
puter King, Plantworks, the
Canadian Closet Shop and
‘Dimensions IV,

: Walk-by traffic suffered

after the fire, say the pro- .

prietors of B.C. Playthings
and Crown Glass. But both
admit that traffic has been
picking up in the last several
months, And both are reluc-
tant to attribute the decrease
in walk-by traffic to the fire,
citing the economic stump of

the early ’80s as a possible

cause,
Mike Kinnie, owner of the
Modern Fix-it Shop, agrees
that walk-by traffic showed
a marked decrease after the
major fire in August, 1981
and the two smaller‘ fires
later in the year. His shop
suffered minor water dam-
age in the first fire but no
business days were lost.
However, Kinnie says that
once the novelty of looking
at the burnt out buildings
wore off, business suffered.
But he is optimistic about
the future since new shops
started moving into the
block about 18 months ago.
Kinnie says the new
businesses will do nothing
but help him and he is also
looking forward to the

return of the farmer’s mar-
ket, behind the 1000 block
Marine Drive.

B.C. Playthings managed
to benefit from the fire.
After the fire, the neighbor-
ing business didn't return
and B.C. Playthings ex-
panded into that location.

‘Owner Pat Gallagher and

sister Liz say they noticed a
decrease in walk-by traffic
but since their company is
not dependent on the walk-
in customer, business did not
suffer substantially.

Three of the new
businesses on the block are
happy with their location.
Plantworks, the Canadian
Closet Shop and Dimensions
IV are all new in the last six
months.

John Malo, one of three
owners of Plantworks says
he’s very happy with their
location and a large number
of their business is drive-by
traffic. Although Plant-
works is not yet two years
old, Malo says he has high
hopes for the shopping cen-
tre.

Sheila Bromiley and hus-
band Phillip have been
owners of the Canadian
Closet Shop since Christmas,
Sheila also likes the location
and says that, like Plant-
works, a large number of her

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customers come from walk-
and drive-by traffic.
Dominic Brini, manager
of Dimensions IV, says
business is getting better
every month and his location
is “ideal.” A good percent-
age of his traffic is walk- or
drive-by he says and adds
that people still identify the
block as the location of the

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big fire. Brini said he was
surprised when a_ realty
company told him how
many cars drove past the
location daily.

A District of North Van-
couver survey two years ago
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fire is just a bad memory
and it’s business as usual.

NOTICE is hereby given that all persons who deem
their interest in property affected by the following
proposed By-laws will be afforded an opportunity to
be heard on the matters contained therein at a
Public Hearing to be held in the Community School,
Bowen Island, on SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1985, com-
mencing at 10:00 a.m.

1. Proposed By-law No. 44, being ‘‘Official Com-
munity Plan (Bowen Island) By-law, 1981,
Amendment By-law No. 1, 1985."

In general terms the intent of this proposed
By-law is to amend the Official Community
Plan ‘Proposed Land Use’' map (Figure 9 of
Appendix ‘'G"') to identify Greater Vancouver
Regional District parkiands and designate cer-
tain surplus parklands for non-park uses in-
cluding commercial use and ferry parking use,
as shown on the plan attached to the By-law.

2. Proposed By-law No. 48, being "Official Com-
munity Plan (Bowen Island) By-law, 1981,
Amendment By-law No. 3, 1985".

In general terms the intent of the proposed By-
law is to amend the Official Community Plan to
delete the prohibition of servicing the Snug
Cove core area by a community sewage
system including an ocean outfall, provided
such system offers a high level of environmen:
tal protection, creates no nuisance and incor-
porates sufficient safeguards against matfunc-
tion.

3. Proposed By-law No. 49, being ‘‘Bowen Island
Zoning By-law No. 36, Amendment By-law No.
2, 1985"".

In general terms the intent of the proposed By-
law is to rezone Block C of Water Lot 492A
(approximately 0.5 ha) at the south end of
Tunstall Bay from “Water 1 (W-1)"" to "Water 2
(W-2)" to permit log dumping, booming and
storage for a one year period.
Copies of the proposed By-laws may be reviewed
at the offices of the Islands Trust, 716 Courtney
Street, Victoria, B.C. between the hours of 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday inclusive.

For the convenience of the public only, and not to
salisly section 720(2) of the Municipal Act.
R.S.B.C., 1979, c. 290, copies of the proposed By-
laws may be reviewed at the Post Office. Bowen

Island.
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