Shore News

Boulevard loses
Depression-era
character home

THIS LOVELY character
home was standing until a few
weeks ago when the new
owner of the property decided
to have it demolished.

NORTH SHORE
. RERITAGE
. By Dorothy Foster

There were a few people inter-
ested in trying to save it from its
fate, but nothing could be done in
‘time. an

Anyone who wanted it could
have moved it to another lot, sim-
ply for the cost of the move, about
$16,000. ‘ ; ;

- >. That price doesn’t include the
cost of hiring a B.C, Hydro ‘power

oerew to'cut and re-attach each
power line at $1,000/wire, or of hir-

ing the police to assist with traffic
interruptions. ;

_..The only feasible way would

have been to movg it to another lot
in close proximity to Grand
Boulevard. There are few, if any,
vacant lots available in the area.

Perhaps that is why this home
‘sold so. quickly.— it was built on

. two good-sized jiots, like several
other Boulevard-area homes that
were built around that time.

. ., Phe tall evergreens that.were so

~ much apart of the neighborhood

Blackadder was a well-known
archilect on the North Shore. If you
have been following my column, I
illustrated his own Upper Lonsdale
residence just a week before it was
torn down, in October 1993.

The building permit was issued
to James Grant, H.A. and. C.M.
Rerrie, the owners, who had this
home buill for themselves for
$5,000,

It was-a combination of the
Tudor Revival and the English Arts
and Crafts styles,

'. There. is only one way for the
property owners who waut to be
assured that their heritage homes
will always be preserved, rather
than sold'‘and demolished.

The owners should get in touch
with the city or district halls. and
have each home legally protected
by a covenant.

“and a significant part of this home’s .

landscaping have also unfortunately

« been eliminated.

This home. was built by Watson
‘and Blackadder in 1938. The date
of its construction is important, and
Made this home unique because
‘few homes were built during. the
Depression. oes :

Classic statements ©

From page 13. . .
~ chairs may never become classics;
they appear like paper cutouts and
mimic classics from a much earlier,
“era: styles of Queen Anne, Gothic, :
: Chippendale, Hepplewhite, . ,
- Sheraton, Empire and Biedermeier. -
And why do we find mostly

. Chairs among the design classics? I | §

believe that every’architect and
designer has a secret passion: to
come up with the ultimate in seat-

~ ing — to invent the shape that will
make all others superfluous...

Edith Saatkamp is an interior

designer who teaches design and
decoration on the North Shore.

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