100 Years of Living on the Lane
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Saturday, October 25
1 – 5 pm
Tickets: $30+tax or $23+tax for eligible students
To purchase tickets for VHF’s Laneway House Tour visit here or call 604 264 9642.
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Laneway housing is not a new idea in Vancouver. It can be seen in Vancouver’s historic neighbourhoods dating back as far as the 1890s. Recently infills have shown potential to be a positive tool in heritage conservation adding density without demolition. See eight examples of living on the lane including a c.1890s character lane home and a strata infill designed in the 1980s by respected architect Paul Merrick. We will also look at six modern examples built after the City of Vancouver’s 2009 laneway housing initiative came into effect.
Nice photo, but might this example be more properly named a corner lot house? There are no street trees or sidewalks in laneways. A photo showing the laneway elevation would be more instructive of the laneway context.
But many lane way houses are on corner lots. Even today many new mid-block houses get traditional garages while corner lots get lane way homes.