Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: UBC Robson Square Theatre (800 Robson Street)
Website: bartplan.eventbrite.com

In this 125th birthday year for the City of Vancouver, this public event looks back at the Vancouver that might have been, the metropolis that it has become, and the urban challenges and opportunities that lie before us. In collaboration with the City of Vancouver Archives, Bing Thom Architects is proud to sponsor the full digitization and public presentation of Harland Bartholomew’s Master Plan and Papers on the City of Vancouver. These documents will be freely available in a number of digital formats through the Vancouver Archives website (http://vancouver.ca/archives/). The panel discussion on April 26 will launch this project and provide a venue for a public discussion of its significance.

In 1926, Harland Bartholomew and Associates were commissioned by the Vancouver Town Planning Commission to develop the first master plan for the burgeoning City of Vancouver. While A Plan for the City of Vancouver British Columbia including Point Grey and South Vancouver and a General Plan of the Region was never officially adopted, it was the first major document to unite the City which was, until then, divided between Point Grey, South Vancouver, and Vancouver. From streets to parks to schools, Bartholomew set the stage for much of Vancouver’s current social, economic, physical, and cultural infrastructure. Beginning with this master plan in 1926 until the end of his commission in 1948, Bartholomew wrote over 20 separate reports and documents and provided the first comprehensive urban visions and plans for today’s Vancouver.

Panel Participants: Gordon Price, Penny Gurstein, Tom Hutton, and Andrew Pask with an introduction by Leslie Mobbs, City Archivist

Facilitated by Peter Greenwell, Chair of the City of Vancouver City Planning Commission

Hosted by Eileen Keenan, Bing Thom Architects

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View the records created between 1926 and 1948 by by Harland Bartholomew for the Vancouver Town Planning Commission. Their digitization was funded by Bing Thom Architects as a gift to the City of Vancouver for its 125th birthday.