Cay WEST ¥ ™. FRIDAY December 13, 1996 ' ; : te ic i) - : y a , ONES Saturday. Rain dev oping : ; é : y é : High 7 Clow 32°C. Syndicate Block fused with condos By lan Noble News Reporter A retail and residential development that will pre- serve one heritage building but wipe out another in the historic Lower Lonsdale area goes to public hearing on Monday. The saved building, however, will be preserved ander a process statt called “ay r heritage conservation solution.” The new 5)-condo building will wrap) around the Syndicate Block, which was the first commercial office block in North Vancouver when it was built in 1903 at Esplanade and Lonsdale, The building is consid: ered to be of prinury her- itage importance. Ao stat? report id develuper Redekop) Properties Ine. wants to comoletely dis- mantle the Svndicate Block, . jaf retain whatever materials : a . eS aaa can be reused and then NEWS photo Paul McGrath reconstruct it on the empty — PINE Design owner Brian Hyland wor- site. ries about more rent and less charac- Staff wanted the build/ — ter with a new Lonsdale development. ing to be retrofitted in place. Development planner Gary Peaway said the developers don't know what they are going to tind when they stare work on the building. Cav they deter: mine what needs to be done. developers want the dismantling opiion open, he said. When restored, the Syndicate Block will retain, most of the orginal ; streetscapes a1 both the Lonsdale and Esplanade sides, although a storefront on = waa see, : ot ree So, po , Lonsdale wall be added. The original had a blank facade on Lonsdale. which . ane ee ean: . . _ BSS . ope ; a would be unattractive on the current commercial street, sad Penwa NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge Falling to the wrecker’s ball wilh be the Ellwood Block at T1Q-114 Ni li Esplanade. The Elbvood Block was built by the North Vancouver Land and ight ig ts Improvement Company in 908. The building was considered of «condary heritage importance. HUNDREDS flocked to Lonsdale Quay ‘ast Friday for fireworks and carol ships. West Vancouver Both the Filwood and Syndicate blocks tnade the news last vear when ten gets its turn Sunday as Dundarave and Ambieside host the festival from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. CKNW will simulcast the event, with carois provided by the North Shore News. On Saturday, Deep See Buildina page 3 Cove's Panorama Drive will close at Gallant from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for the carol ship festival. The salesman had viired jewelry stores ot Richmond and a LJ ud Kidnap and rob watch Salesman in WV neouver prior ro be tap to West Vancouver Pohtee beheve the wate thieves mav ha hosen their vic By Michael Becker had just shown the collecnon atthe Swedish Jeweler store at tint atter dit a hewspaper advertisement about the “special News Editor Park Roval South, solectian” af watches Ne ° As he was walking to his car he was confronted bv the pair The signi vas net harried by his kidnappers, IN a well-timed hit, ovo men kidnapped and aod forged into the vehicie. The vrcuiny’s mouth, eves and hands Pohee desenbe the suspecrs as nwo Caneasian men ain thee robbed a travelling salesman of about $300,000 were covered with duct tape The kidnappers drove ante and te hare 20s Vinceaver tea rear faae in the 1600 block of Conion Street, One ofthe meais about EP OLS ma. approvimately 209 P watches and $6,000 cash in West " : : c i worth of wate nd S6, Phe two took the saleman’s briefuase and a pick from the Ibs 95 kyo withoa stagks bruld and shoulder length black fuer. Vancouver on Tuesday. truak and can off. The second suspect is about 3° Ob 7 at and is shin with A30-vear old man selling expensive Breithiny Swiss watches The victim was rescuicd bya passer by. dark hase