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Due to the relocating of our warehouse
all inventory must be sold
WE’D RATHER SELL IT THAN MOVE IT!

TWO DAYS ONLY! —

Saturday, Jan. 15th & Sunday, Jan. 16th
* LAMPS "CEILING LIGHTS ~

* FIXTURES * CEILING FANS

* BATH BARS * TRACK LIGHTS
* DESK LAMPS |
* WALL LIGHTS

Graphic Dorathy Foster

The Beasley Block, 101-4 09 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, The Western Corporation Architects,

_ built 1904,
THE BEASLEY BLOCK.

pioneer archi

THIS 1S one. of ‘the’ oldest.

commercial ‘buildings in -the

“City “of, North Vancouver, :
“and is.a good example of a.

type of architecture that was
prevalent ‘i in early. pioneering

NORTH SHORE
“HERITAGE
‘by Dorothy Foster

Main | aes of. places

Garden’ already has. thousands ‘of
fragrant’ blooms ‘ori‘its witch-hazel ,
hriubs; _Hamamelis, ‘and

‘These™ and many’. other plants
with. winter interest. may be’ seen
“on the: guided tou! every Sunday

Guides’ re‘also on the deck. tou

Canswer:: “general questions: about ,
VanDusen’s. plants ; from_ 1 to. 2

‘ terest: to their Barden are invited “

ue visit the garden to get ideas.

a, All: ‘the: plants. are. labelled and
““g0 Lcan.-be. . identified -and then
purchased at a local nursery.

“\ The VanDusen Master Gardener

: Plant Information Line is aiso

: Open on Monday, Wednesday and

-sThursday..from. 1 to’ 3.p.m. to

* ©. answer. any gardening questions.
+ Call 266-7194.

Winter admission rates
$2, 25 for adults, $1.15 for seniors
“and youth arid 34,50 for families.

‘VanDusen is open daily 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m., at 5251 Oak St. (corner

“of Oak and 37th, _ Avenue) in
Vancouver. : a

like.”

are”

Columbia,
Nevada, still have stores built in
the same way. ae

On: Western movie ‘sets, this
style. is often recreated. What you

see is’a frontier store with’ a false

storefront.
‘This type of’. building usually
has a‘gabled. roof hidden behind

the: false. front,’ which tends to’

lend: .a-.stronger feeling of.
substance to an otherwise ordinary

‘wood-frame pioneer structure. .
To many buildings such as this, .

cornices. were ‘added to give a
fecling of solidity and dignity. .~
- In’ cases fike the’ Beasley Block
above, a later’coat of: stucco was

and. Virginia City, .

° + CRYSTAL &
“TIFFANY

* LANTERNS :
“ HALOGEN LIGHTS

« CHAN DELIERS ©
. FLOOR LAMPS :.

added over the tap of the original ©
drop siding in an effort to update

“the building.

Original examples of this style,

‘sometimes referred to as “Boom-.
~.town’? architecture, are becoming :
‘rare, and many buildings like this

have been torn down to make way .
for modern construction. vs
The Beasley Block was built by

‘a prominent. early development.

firm known as the Western Cor-
poration. :The second ‘floor . pro-
vided office space for doctors and ©

dentists over a number’ of. years,

and McDowell's
operated here from
1973. °

Drugstore *
1904 until -

‘e EVERY. way

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