"Exhibit C"
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
data provider: DSpace
alternative: A Brief History of the York Theatre (aka The Alcazar Theatre aka The Palace Theatre aka The Little Theatre aka The New York Theatre aka The Raja Theatre)
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Harper, Ellen Reiko
issued: 2022-01-21T15:17:09Z
issued: 2021-12
description: I started this project with an interest in secrets, in ideas about history, fiction, curation, and relative truths. Early on in the semester it was suggested that I take a look at the York Theatre. When I first started investigating it I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking for. Initially, I was intrigued by the disconnect between the storied history of the building and the systems in place that protect it. As I continued digging, I began to discover a series of incongruencies — moments that don’t quite fit into a clean narrative of the theatre’s past. I continued looking into these incongruencies, and I began trying to piece together some of these fragments. I don’t know if they can ever be fully assembled, but this is what I’ve discovered so far.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/80698
note: Ellen Reiko HarperBachelor of Arts, University of King’s College, 2017SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS for theDEGREE OF MASTER OF ARCHITECTUREinTHE FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCESCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPEARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMCommittee:Tijana Vujosevic [chair]Thena TakDaniel IrvineCarla GruberGP1 Mentor:Sara StevensThe University of British ColumbiaDecember 2021 © I started this project with an interest in secrets, in ideas about history, fiction, curation, and relative truths. Early on in the semester it was suggested that I take a look at the York Theatre. When I first started investigating it I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking for. Initially, I was intrigued by the disconnect between the storied history of the building and the systems in place that protect it. As I continued digging, I began to discover a series of incongruencies — moments that don’t quite fit into a clean narrative of the theatre’s past. An actress who mysteriously disappeared from a building full of people. A neighbour who discovered a series of spaces that don’t exist. A stage that’s shrinking. An auditorium that sometimes seats 700, but sometimes only seats 250. A fly tower that lost 12 feet over the years despite never changing from the exterior. I continued looking into these incongruencies, and I began trying to piece together some of these fragments. I don’t know if they can ever be fully assembled, but this is what I’ve discovered so far. __ This project is not an attempt to reminisce about the past lives of the building. It is of the opinion that what we know of the past is mere façade. It stands against the idea of singular grand narratives and the concept of clean recollection. Archival sources present an incomplete history, limited by what was written down, translated, preserved, and distributed. Instead, it is an attempt to work within that which has been documented and speculate on the narratives that have been forgotten.Fig 3. Widening Cir…
has type: Graduating Project
spatial: Grandview-Woodlands (Vancouver, B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0406322
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
subject: theatre
subject: storytelling
subject: history
subject: fiction
subject: memory
subject: exploration
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80698