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Jane's Walk 2009: Bruce Macdonald's Old Mount Pleasant - A...

Jane's Walk 2009: Bruce Macdonald's Old Mount Pleasant - A Victorian Village

Sunday, May 3, 2009 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PT)


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Tour Host: Bruce Macdonald

Mount Pleasant is a unique and interesting place for a number of reasons. Mount Pleasant became well established in the Victorian age as a pre-automobile age village within walking distance of major public
transit in a commercial zone. This still makes it one of the most desirable places in the city to live. Most major amenities are within walking distance for its residents, as well as interesting shops, restaurants and coffee shops.

Uniquely situated at the top of a hill, centrally located on the ‘Main’ street and straddling both the west and east sides of the city, Mount Pleasant still has many of the oldest heritage buildings in the city outside of the downtown, many Victorian buildings from the 1890s and even some from the 1880s.

It is the only neighbourhood in the city to have developed around a creek, Brewery Creek, home to a number of breweries, but now home to almost 1,000 artists live/work studios.

Bruce Macdonald has worked in Mount Pleasant, on things to do with the history of Mount Pleasant, for almost 20 years. Last year he researched and wrote a history of Mount Pleasant for the city of Vancouver, turning up some new material and some new heritage buildings. He is also the author of Vancouver: A Visual History.

Special Instructions

This tour is wheelchair accessible. This tour will be filmed.

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Please visit the Think City website.

When

Sunday, May 3, 2009 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PT)

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Jane's Walk is held simultaneously in cities across Canada and other countries around the world. Inspired by Jane Jacob's and her belief that in order to know your city "you have to get out and walk," Jane's Walk is a simple idea. It is free, it connects people and builds communities by promoting urban literacy and citizen engagement.

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