The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-26
issued: 1927-03-11
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note: or £tatesiiuffi OWNED AND CONTROLLED W^I^W BY raE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL JO, Supported by Fifty-three Local Unions No. 151—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER. B. C.. MARCH 11. 1927 1 Burrard Street Site Best For Civic Centre Civic Centre Site at Burrard Street has more1 Satisfactory Features than any Other Site Heretofore Proposed Daily Press Opposed to Site— There's a Reason | 1 i ' WE ARE PUBLISHING, BELOW, Excerpts from the Preliminary Report on the Civic Centre, as made by Harland Bartholomew to the Vancouver Town Planning Commission. This repdr. was turned over to the Labor Statesman, by Walter Deptford, delegate to the Commission from the Trades Council, and should be of interest t-» all home owners of the working, class. The report is unbiassed and has greater merits than any previous suggestion on the subject of Civic Centre in spite of the attitude adopted by the Vancouver Daily press on the subject. The report says: > I". Possibilities of Civic Centre Location In taking into account the proper location of a Civic Centre in Vancouver, it is first necessary to determine the size and location of the future business district. As Vancouver grows, the business district will continue to expand. ' In this connection a history of the expansion of the present business district is of interest and value. Prom the intersection of Hastings and Main Streets, the centre of business values has shifted gradually westward to Granville Street and then southerly to the intersection of Georgia Street where the highest values are now to be found. The ultimate contra of business values will be at a point most nearly central to the various streams of traffic (vehicular and street car) coming from all parts of the city. A study of the main approach thoroughfares to the north, south, east and west, would indicate that centre of the future business district has already reached its logical location except for unusually great unbalancing of the present street structure, which is improba…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0438947
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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