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Wednesday, October 19
20 Reasons to Save Kogawa House from Demolition
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Todd
on Wed 19 Oct 2005 11:43 PM PDT
20 Reasons to save Joy Kogawa's childhood home from impending demolition.
The house is on 64th Avenue in Vancouver, just off Granville St. The family was removed from the house in February 1942 due to the War Measures Act. "National security" was the reason given for the internment of Japanese-Canadians, and the government of Canada sold their property and possessions without the owner's permission. more »
Kogawa House: Can we save the house? Do we move the house?
by
Todd
on Wed 19 Oct 2005 05:41 PM PDT
 Kogawa House: Can we save the house? Can we move the house? Lots of developments happening... Monday, we met with Vancouver Heritage Foundation, and discussed strategies to save the house, and create a way for the present owner to donate the house to the VFH. To preserve the house at its present location will mean a purchase price of around $700,000. To move the house will mean $50,000 + building a $200,000 foundation later. What is cheaper? The owner has not been willing to sell, so trying to save the house from demolition and move it seems the best idea. There is a proposed park that will commemorate the Japanese Canadian community at Selkirk and 72nd Ave. To avoid the demolition of the house, we have planned to go to City Council to ask for a stay of demolition, due to the Heritage quality of the house. Initially that would have been Oct 20 - but the demolition application has not been submitted yet. But yesterday, the owner may have had a change of heart... Gerry McGeough, senior planner for City of Vancouver, may have brokered a deal where the owner will delay demolition for 120 days, allowing us to raise funds to purchase the house. This is great news. The house may not be destroyed yet... and it gives us time to raise monies. Because of these latest developments, Joy will not be interviewed for CBC Radio Early Edition on Thursday morning. CBC wants to wait and see what happens next! |
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