This Week in History - Season 8 Episode 24: The History of Vancouver's Strathcona Neighbourhood скачать в хорошем качестве

This Week in History - Season 8 Episode 24: The History of Vancouver's Strathcona Neighbourhood

The BC Archives Strathcona Project is a series of oral histories from residents of Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood in 1977 and 1978. So where was Strathcona? Kate Heikkila, an archivist at the Royal BC Museum, answers that question. “It was right near several different rail lines,” says Heikkila. “The CPR rail line, Union Station, and the very industrial area of False Creek bordered [the neighbourhood] as well, so it was a very working class neighbourhood well up until the 1980’s, when Expo sort of took over that area. For almost 100 years it was very working class, and it was very diverse, with Jewish, Black, Irish, Italian, and many different communities living in that area.”