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>> WE DO NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT
HISTORICAL HOUSING.
>> THERE ARE LOTS OF HOUSES THAT
THEY ARE TEARING DOWN LEFT AND
RIGHT.
>> Simi: WHEN THERE WAS A REAL
ESTATE BOOM, PEOPLE TEAR DOWN
HOUSES AND NOT REALIZE WHAT THEY
HAVE LOST.
>> FOR THE WORKING CLASS HOUSES
WHO HAVE AN AMAZING HISTORY
THOUGH DO GET TORN DOWN.
>> Simi: IT'S SAD WHEN PEOPLE
.THEY CALL ME UP AND I RESEARCH
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE HOUSE
AND WHO LIVED THERE AND DIED
THERE.
>> Simi: WHERE DO YOU FIND SHALR
INFORMATION FROM.
>> Simi: PEOPLE MUST BE
SURPRISED BY WHAT THEY TELL YOU
ABOUT THE HOUSE?
>> DOES THAT HELP THEM FORM AN
EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO THE
CITY.
>> I WAS WORKING WITH SOMEONE
THAT DIDN'T WANT TO SELL THE
HOUSE AFTER THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT
IT'S HISTORY.
>> Simi: TELL ME ABOUT THIS
HOUSE.
>> I JUST FINISHED THIS PROJECT
THIS WAS BUILT IN 180 THERE.
THE MAN THAT BUILT THIS HOUSE
DIED AT VIMY RIDGE.
I FOUND TWO MARRIAGE RECORDS FOR
THE SAME COUPLE FOUR MONTHS
APART.
THEY GOT MARRIED IN VANCOUVER
AND THEN FOUR MONTHS LATER THEY
GOT MARRIED IN ST. MARKS CHURCH
IN KILLINGS LAIN KNOW.
I -- KITSILANO.
>> Simi: THE HOUSE SEEMS TO BE
PRESERVED.
>>> THEY HIRED ME BEFORE THEY
COULD GET
UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS
TORN DOWN.
>> Simi: THAT IS TOO BAD.
I HATE TO SEE WHEN THAT HAPPENS
NOT AS MUCH AS YOU DO VERY HEART
BREAKING FOR YOU LET'S TAKE A
LOOK AT 909 RICHARDS AS WELL.
>> IT WAS BUILT BY ANDREW EDWARD
LEES.
HE WAS A PARKS BOARD
COMMISSIONER AND DURING HIS
TENURE HE STARTED THE ZOO AND
THE SEAWALL AND THE TRAIL IN
STANLEY PARK IS NAMED AFTER HIM
IT'S A HUGE BIT OF VANCOUVER
HISTORY THAT WAS LOST.