Strathcona Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia
Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. Part of City of Vancouver, New Westminster Land District
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Strathcona: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
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General information on Strathcona
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Strathcona
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Strathcona | Official |
Related Catalog Titles
A Bibliography for Strathcona, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia
Strathcona Vancouver's first neighbourhood by John Atkin
Authored by local historian John Atkin, Strathcona: Vancouver's First Neighbourhood chronicles the vibrant history, architectural evolution, and immigrant roots of Vancouver's oldest residential district. The book traces how the working-class enclave—sandwiched between industrial waterfronts and the city's commercial core—became a diverse melting pot of European, Asian, and Indigenous residents who built tight-knit community networks in the shadow of urban expansion. Through archival photographs and detailed municipal records, the text highlights the fierce neighborhood activism that repeatedly saved the area from twentieth-century freeway demolition and industrial rezoning. A keen insight drawn from the work is how grassroots architectural preservation serves as a radical form of working-class self-defense; by fighting to protect their modest wooden homes and walkable streets from municipal "renewal" projects, Strathcona residents proved that neighborhood history and vernacular architecture are vital bulwarks against the erasure of marginalized communities by corporate and bureaucratic urban planning.
93 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Last updated: 2023-09-26