34 — Sunday, April 19, 1992 - North Shore News Foster fascinated by North Shore finds YOU LOOK for her in this paper every Friday, I bet, same shape, and the hillside and the as I do, and when you find the current week’s drawing, of yet another graceful old house or familiar church or bank building, you smile to yourself. **Now, let me see — that’s over on —’’ and you read the neat text that tells you who built it, who shared its past, what adventures it cradled. Usually you can place it in your mind, though I confess to failure when it comes to some scenes from Lynn Valley way, or areas north of Queens Road. And like me in all probability, you have a mental picture of this Dorothy. Foster, a nice little oid lady in sun hat and sneakers, lugging her sturdy camp-stool and her draw- ing board, hunkering down to sketch our past. We all think it’s a very nice thing that she is doing, and we hope she'll get around to a few of our own favorites. There's no doubt at all that she will. She’s having a lovely time with all of it. But you can forget the little-old-lady bit — she’s ac- tually less than half my age, with three growing boys and a husband and a job to juggle in addition to the hours she spends charming us weekly with her ‘‘Home and Garden’”’ contribution. Just how much she is enjoying it is evidenced by her portfolio. It . bulges with drawings, some of them already reproduced in our paper, some ready for publication when she’s got: all the dope together. ° The two municipal works departments help her with the background, arid she also relies a lot on the heritage inventory, which couples description with photo. You can buy your own copy of that book, and the libraries have it too. Peeple are the best, though. People like Rupert Harrison, retired from his many years in the town clerk’s chair in West Van- couver, is a great source. Same with Dorothy’s friend Molly Nye, _ full of recollections. Especially fruitful is Mollie, such a keen observer of and long-time partici- pant in the North Shore then and now. Me, I'd been looking forward especially to the day she showed us the Colonial apartments. I’ve always been fascinated by that astonishing facade with the so prominent staircase. It appeared on March 27, to my delight, though like everyone else who knows nothing about art but just knows what she likes I was a tad disappointed. The ow! wasn’t delineated enough to suit me, and I'd have pruned that huge evergreen that overweight, lighten upandtakea load off your heart. Improvin your odds against nada’s B.C. & YUKON #1 kdller. For heartening information, call 1-800-663-2010 Eleanor Godley THE VINTAGE YEARS obscured too much of the east side. Her rendition of St. Martin’s in the Wood was a bit disappointing in a way, too, because it was denied the ornament of its pretty little lych-gate. But Dorothy ex- plained to me she’d done that sketch on a day of pouring rain, and had stood inside the little ar- bored gate to keep her paper dry. Artists have their practical side, She admits her enthusiasm for finding and drawing these fascinating old places has really taken hold of her. She drives around the North Shore with her head in a swivel, she says, and a notebook handy on the seat for quick scribbles of addresses, to guide her return with paper and pencil. She’d be delighted to hear about your own finds, places she’s perhaps missed, and if you know some background that’s even bet- ter. There’s an especially fertile area surrounding Keith Road Park and environs. Several blocks both east and west of the area adjacent to Keith and its smailer companion, Ottawa Gardens, still sport some splendid examples of handsome housing from the early days of this century. . Many of the original business people and people with dreams of North Shore greatness built homes around here as the city took better views began to be revealed by de- velopers cutting roads through as fast as they could. Walk round and take a look at a magnificent old house at the corner of Sth Street and St. An- drews, beautifully cared for, settl- ed amongst huge well-tended flowering and ornamental growth. There’s another at Sth and St. David's, the trees that protect it tremendously tal! and thick. They are just as handsome now as in their heyday. Gratifying to see is the evi- dences of respect that current de- velopers show when they bring their bulldozers into this sort of territory. All around this Keith Road area there are new group- ings, some of them very extended, of multiple housing. But in many cases these new constructions have been modelled on the overall aspect of the neighborhood, and the result is dignified, well-proportioned, and -suitable dwellings that in no way offend the several original exam- ples of yesterday. Like the rest of us seniors, monuments to gentler times. ADVERTISING FEATURE * “Hands-on Computer Lab at Business and Opportunities Show A special free computer learning centre is planned as part of the action taking place during the B.C. Home-based Business and Opportuniiies Show this year. The Show at the TRADEX exhibition facility on the Abbotsford Airport runs Apri! 30 through May 3rd. Polaris Learning, of Nanaimo, will be avail- able with computers and qualified instructors to give seminars on various word processing, desk- top publishing, finance and bookkeeping pro- grams for home-based aad small business. Attendees to the Show will be able to register fer 2.5 hour training sessions being provided at no © charge. 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