As you are aware, the Riley Park South Cambie area of Vancouver is undergoing significant physical change. In response to those changes the RPSC Advisory Group created its Heritage and History website to help residents preserve some of the areas rich physical and social history.
Why we are doing this?
Our goal is to awaken interest in all who want to learn more about Riley Park/South Cambie, its people and history. As a local community group with deep roots in the area, we think that it is important to preserve some of the fascinating history of this part of Vancouver for future generations. We are in the process of researching and developing materials that we plan to publish on a website that will be accessible to the pubic. The site will enable people to appreciate the history associated with buildings, businesses, institutions and people of this distinct part of the city.
What can you do?
There are many important stories from our past that remain untold. If you know the history of a particular place, a local business, a group or person and would like to share it with our community, we invite you to contact us to discuss how we can work together to tell that story.
You might want to talk to members of your family and friends to let them know about this project. If you have materials, stories and photos that you would like to share with us, please let us know. If you have an idea for a local history story that you think needs to be researched, please tell us.
Join us!
We encourage you to join our group and work to keep our history alive. Please feel free to contact us at the address below. We would be happy to discuss the work of the RPSC Heritage Committee with you.
rpscheritage@gmail.com