Heritage Vancouver - Bulletin

Coming Events:
• The Exotic World of Bombay Art Deco
• Annual Top Ten Endangered Sites Bus Tour
• An Evening at the Marine Building penthouse

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International Art Deco Lecture Series:
The Exotic World of Bombay Art Deco

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: The Vancouver Museum, 1100 Chestnut St.
Admission: $25.00; $20.00 for members of Heritage Vancouver & The Canadian Art Deco Society
Registration & appetizers 7pm-7:30pm

Indian appetizers provided by Jolly's Indian Bistro (www.jollysindianbistro.com)

Heritage Vancouver and the Canadian Art Deco Society welcome another international expert on Art Deco to continue our series of talks and events leading up to the Tenth World Art Deco Congress in Montreal in May 2009.

Join us for "The Exotic World of Bombay Art Deco" presented for the first time in Canada by author Navin Ramani, the author of the book Bombay Art Deco Architecture, A Visual Journey 1930-1953.

Bombay contains a treasury of commercial, residential and public Art Deco architecture created during the glamorous and optimistic era of the 1930s and 1940s. This first generation of modern Indian architects, influenced by current fashionable trends, were eager to imbue the city with a new modern image. Developing at the same time as the characteristic architecture of Miami Beach, the two cities exhibit similar scale, geometry, tropical vocabulary and love of romance. This lecture will be an insightful exploration of the beauty and abundance of the previously unrecognized Art Deco heritage of Bombay.

Don’t miss this unique exploration of the Art Deco legacy of one of the world’s greatest cities!

Please note that copies of Bombay Art Deco Architecture, A Visual Journey 1930-1953 will be available for sale at the event.

Tickets may be purchased in advance:
On-line: via Paypal (Paypal account not required).
Print your receipt out and bring to the event.
Cheque: made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver, PO Box 3336, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3Y3

Paypal payment link

For additional info, contact info@heritagevancouver.org.

Bombay Art Deco www.bombaydeco.com
Canadian Art Deco Society www.canadianartdecosocity.org/events.html
World Art Deco Congress, Montreal 2009 www.artdecomontreal.com/congress/en/
Jolly's Indian Bistro, 2778 West 4th Ave, Vancouver www.jollysindianbistro.com.

 


Annual Top Ten Endangered Sites Bus Tour
Saturday, February 21, 2009 | 1pm to 4pm (loading begins at 12:30 and bus departs at 1pm sharp)
Location: Meet in the Vancouver Museum Parking Lot, 1100 Chestnut St.
Admission: $25.00; $20.00 Heritage Vancouver Members

Climb aboard a Transit Museum Society bus for a guided tour of Heritage Vancouver's 2009 Top Ten Endangered sites. Tour guide Donald Luxton, well-known author and heritage expert and the President of Heritage Vancouver, will fascinate you with his stories of this year’s endangered sites. There are many new sites and surprises on this year’s tour. Purchase your tickets early as this popular "award winning" tour always sells out.

Tickets may be purchased in advance:
On-line: via Paypal (Paypal account not required).
Print your receipt out and bring to the event.
Cheque: made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver, PO Box 3336, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3Y3

Paypal payment link

If there are any tickets remaining, they will be sold on site starting at 12:30pm. For additional information, e-mail info@heritagevancouver.org.

See our Top Ten pages to view all previous years' entries, from 2001 to 2008. The 2009 Top Ten list is release the week of February 16, 2009.

 


An Evening at the Marine Building (1930) Penthouse
A Special Fundraising Event on Behalf of Heritage Vancouver

Friday, March 6, 2009 | 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Location: Marine Building Penthouse, 2000 - 255 Burrard Street
Tickets: $100. Includes wine and hors d'oeuvres. (Tax receipts will be issued)

Heritage Vancouver invites you to attend a Special Fundraising Event in the ultra-elegant Penthouse of the Marine Building,“Vancouver’s Finest Heritage Building”. This is a unique opportunity to explore the two floors of the private Penthouse, enjoy the Art Deco atmosphere and the fabulous view, hear about its unique history and share your experiences, stories and photos of the Marine Building.

The Penthouse has many of its original features still intact, and is currently the office of Urbanics Consultants Ltd, our generous host and sponsor for the event. Donald Luxton and Chuck Davis will intrigue you with stories of the architecture and history of the Marine Building. See full event description here.

Purchase your tickets early as there are a limited number
of spaces for this exclusive event:

On-line: via Paypal (Paypal account not required).
Print your Paypal receipt out and bring to the event.
Cheque: made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to:
Heritage Vancouver, PO Box 3336, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3Y3

Paypal payment link

For additional information, 604 331 8430 or e-mail info@heritagevancouver.org.

 


 

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