September 23, 2009

The House Whisperer

James Johnstone is a house whisperer.  Or perhaps that should be a house listener.  In any event, he researches the history of old Vancouver homes in extraordinary detail, revealing not only the circumstances of a particular dwelling but also the context – the historyof the times – in which it was built and occupied.

Of course he has a blog.

Johnston blog

And now he’s giving tours.

He has been doing walking tours of the East End for about a month now – the first one a fundraiser for the Heritage Vancouver Society.  His next tour is this Saturday (Sep 26), departing from the Heatley Block at the southwest corner of East Hastings and Heatley Avenue at 2 pm. 

More info here.

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