Country Cop, City Boy by Mia Terry6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. And last fall, Vancouver designated Shaughnessy the city’s first heritage conservation area in a bid to halt a tide of demolitions of pre-1940 character homes. The Strata Title Act of 1966 allowed large homes to be carved up into smaller, more affordable and manageable units. Government policy can aid in the preservation of these historic homes.ĭividing large estates into smaller lots can help owners raise money for the maintenance of the homes and earn them heritage protection. Clubs and societies have often stepped in, transforming solariums and conservatories into function rooms and chandeliered ballrooms into banquet halls for rent.Ī few have even returned to their original use as single-family homes, though not without a lot of love, hard work and money. ![]() Over the decades these mansions have been repurposed into boarding houses, military hospitals, fraternity houses, restaurants. “It’s tough in this climate, but it can be done.” “If they’re not adaptable, that’s the death of any building,” said Patrick Gunn of the Heritage Vancouver Society. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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