Friday, October 1, 2010
A Pool on Tall Tree Lane

Sunset Boulevard, Pelly Road, Carolyn Drive,  Lodge Road, and Grace Crescent all lead to the Tall Tree Lane cul de sac in the Canyon Heights area of the District of North Vancouver.  And there at 1072 Tall Tree Lane the Novak's and Rose's lived in their one storey home amid a nest of over a dozen tall cedar trees with a swimming pool in the backyard.

The 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom ranch style home on a 75 by 175 foot lot with a view of Grouse Mountain and in walking distance from both Handsworth Secondary School and Edgemont Village was listed for sale for $1,198,000.  (See Link 1.) In September of 2010 a Permit for Demolition was applied for.  Demolition has been started and a new home will be built by Noort Homes.

"A Building Permit for the construction of a house and  carport at 1072 Tall Tree Lane  was issued to Bary Construction in 1954.  In 1961 a Building Permit was issued to enclose the existing carport and add a new carport." (Elaine Oakes.) In the 1960 and 1965 City Directory the owners were listed as Anton T. and Dorothy J. Novak.  Anton Novak was employed as a manager of Continental Marble during these years. 

The 1971, 1980, 1991, and 1995/1996 City Directories all report the owners as Ernest G. and Jean A. Rose.  In 1971 Earnest Rose was employed as the vice president of engineering at BCTV Broadcasting Systems.  In 1980 he was the vice president of BCTV Broadcasting.  And in 1991 Earnest Rose reported that he was retired.  Ernie Rose was listed in the 2008/2010 North and West Vancouver Phone Directory to still be living at 1072 Tall Tree Lane.  That is 40 years on Tall Tree Lane for the Rose family in a home with a yard true to the name of the street, with the over a dozen tall cedar trees. 

"ERNIE ROSE, former VP Engineering at CHAN-TV/8 Vancouver (later BCTV and now Global) died Friday at age 92.  He served as announcer/technician then Chief Engineer at CKMO Vancouver from 1934-40, operator/technician then assistant technical director at CBC Vancouver during the 1940-50s and oversaw construction of CHAN-TV in the late 1950s.  He was the recipient of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Engineering Award in 1973 and the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters Broadcaster of the Year Award in 1980.  He retired as BCTV Vice President of Engineering in 1981." (See Link 2.)


Thank you: To Elaine Oakes, Records Management Clerk at the District of North Vancouver for her research on Demolition Permits.
Demolition: Permit applied for to North Vancouver District in September 2010.
Photo: Taken in September 2010 by SW.  For more photos see Link.
Link1:  http://www.soprovich.com/home1937.html
Link 2:http://fyimusic.ca/industry-news/obituaries/obituaries-mike-halleran-ernie-rose

Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Manton Mansion

The house at 720 Edgewood Road was built in 1956 for $12,000 by T. Wesik. After that it was J. Donald and Vivienne M. Manton all the way. They had bought the house by 1960 when J. Donald was the branch manger at Manton Brothers. Manton Brothers Ltd. had their head office in Toronto, Ontario. They were a printing equipment and suppliers company. Their motto was "we can supply all classes of new and rebuilt printing equipment." In 1971 J. D. and was branch manager of a different company, this time Canadian Linotype. And in 1980 both he and Vivienne are listed as doing that job. In 1991 not only were J. D. and Vivienne retired but they had a new resident in their house, Kathryn Manton. Kathryn was a ward clerk and Lion's Gate Hospital. All three of them were still living in the house in the year 2000 and 2008/10 as indicated by the phone books of those years. That comes to probably 20 years for Kathryn and at least 54 years for the Manton's.

As can be seen in the photo above that the house at 720 Edgewood Road would be  easily converted to a convenient home for two families. This style of house in North Vancouver often has a basement, actually, downstairs suite. The configuration of the rooms both up and downstairs are about the same. You can see the large picture window that would be the living room in both of the suites.

The house at 720 is on the corner of a 1 block section of Edgewood Road between Skyline Drive and Ranger Avenue.This area of North Vancouver is known as Canyon Heights. Edgewood Road itself goes passed the south side of Handsworth Secondary School and dead ends at MacKay Creek Park.

Demolition: Permit applied for February 2010.
Photo: Taken in February 2010 by SW.
Thank you: To neighbors for the clarification of the location of the house. 

Friday, January 8, 2010
$125,000 Buys Ruthina

This 1956 home is in the Canyon Heights area of the District of North Vancouver. 1089 Ruthina Avenue is off Montroyal Blvd., just east of Capilano Road. A bit farther north on Capilano Road and you will be at Grouse Mountain Gondola, ready to go up for a day's skiing. Because of its proximity, some home owners in the area call Grouse Mountain "their mountain".


The house was built by H. D. Evens, but the following year R.D. Thomas put on an addition for $600. This brought the total value of this home to a whopping $131,000. The house that will be built on this lot today has not yet been priced, but similar houses in the area by the same builder are  listed at over $1,000,000. What would Mr. Evens or Mr. Thomas thought of that.


The house planned for the site will be built by Noort Homes, builder of numerous home throughout the lower mainland and Vancouver Island since 1960. The Ruthina Place home will be 4937 sq. ft. with 6 bedrooms, 1 den, 5 full bathrooms, a rec room, and a media room. Maybe Mr. Evens and Mr. Thomas wouldn't be surprised at the planned price tag. Look at the Noort Homes website for a complete building plan.


A North Vancouver District Permit for Demolition of 1089 Ruthina Avenue was applied for in September, 2009.


Photo: Taken October 4, 2009 by SW.

Link: http://www.noorthomes.com/