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Building a Legacy

Building a Legacy

By Ken Tingley
Photographs by Lawrence Herzog

The story, in words and pictures, of how the City of Edmonton obtained, and decided to preserve, its most precious architectural heritage. Building a Legacy embraces architectural heritage within the history of Edmonton's development from the earliest human habitation along ... Read more

Painted House of Maud Lewis

Painted House of Maud Lewis

By Laurie Hamilton

For many years, Maud Lewis was one of Nova Scotia's best-loved folk painters. In the 1990s she was embraced by the rest of the country when the landmark exhibition of her work The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis travelled across Canada. By the time the tour was over, half a million ... Read more

Vancouver Vanishes

Vancouver Vanishes

By Caroline Adderson
Introduction by Michael Kluckner
By (photographer) Tracey Ayton

Finalist, Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award (BC Book Prizes), 2016#1 on the BC Bestseller ListSince 2005, nearly 9,000 demo permits for residential buildings have been issued in Vancouver. An average of three houses a day are torn down, many of them original homes built ... Read more

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