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"Left on the Drawing Board: Unbuilt Civic Designs" with Bronwyn Smyth

17 Mar 2026 12:03 PM | Anonymous

Vancouver, like most urban centres, has had its share of unrealised designs, many of which only leave evidence of their proposed existence in the archives. But how do you go about searching for such records? Drawing on her graduate research, Bronwyn will introduce some insights regarding the challenges and approaches to researching unbuilt designs in archives and will journey through examples of some of Vancouver’s civic-related development proposals from the early 20th century.

Watch the full video here.

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With gratitude, the BCHF acknowledges that it carries out its work on the traditional territories of Indigenous nations throughout British Columbia.

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