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port mann bridge drivers are flocking to get their TReO decal, officials say. See page A15
Motel plans raise hopes Intercity long a trouble spot Wanda Chow
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darrell fox, terry’s brother, wears a t-shirt with a motivational message as he addresses participants in tuesday’s terry fox run at simon fraser university. terry was a student at the school when he embarked on his cross-country run to raise money for cancer research. See StOrY and pHOtOS on page A3.
City hall to buy Eagle neon sign Former landmark in Heights neighbourhood Wanda Chow
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The Heights neighbourhood could one day see the return of another neon landmark after Burnaby council approved the purchase Monday of the sign from the former Eagle Motors car dealership. City hall will spend up to $3,700 in gaming funds to buy the sign from a private collector, who
approached the city about the sale. The collector is in the process of selling off vintage neon signs bought and salvaged from Lower Mainland businesses over the years, said a city staff report. The Burnaby Eagle sign was created around 1950 for Eagle Motors Limited at 4161 E. Hastings St. (now known as Carleton Square) owned by well-known Burnaby businessman Frank McCracken. The dealership was the largest Ford retailer in the province while it operated.
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When the company built a new damage to the leased sign’s neon showroom building on the site, it tubing before it was reclaimed by its commissioned Neon Products of owner, Neon Products Ltd. Vancouver to build a large doubleUnlike many other neon signs of sided sign featuring its logo of a the era that were scrapped by sign classic bald eagle in flight in blue, companies, this one was obtained white and gold neon tubing. by the local collector who has As the report said, the sign preserved and protected it in an “shared the night sky with other indoor storage facility for more than nearby classic neon signs of the era 25 years. including the Swinging Girl sign of The sheet metal and structure of the Helen’s Children’s Wear store.” the sign is in “excellent” condition Eagle Motors closed in 1985 and still has most of the original during the4x1.25_small_appliances_ad_final.pdf recession of the 1980s painted 1image, the report 12-03-05 1:20said. PM and vandalism on the site led to please see eAgLe, A4
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In some neighbourhoods, redevelopment can leave people wistful for times gone by. Not at the northwest corner of Kingsway and Gilley Avenue. That’s where two properties, including the notorious Intercity Motel, are being proposed for a new residential and commercial development. “The community is hearing that it’s going to be redeveloped and the community is jumping for joy,” said Diane Gillis, president of the Kingsway-Imperial Neighbourhood Association (KINA). “Oh yes, it’s news in the ‘hood.” On Monday, Burnaby council authorized staff to work with the current owner of 6205 and 6255 Kingsway, Kevin Rakhra, on a development plan for the site, which would then be the subject of a rezoning application. The developer is proposing a four-storey, mixeduse project with commercial on the ground floor and three storeys of residential on top. please see tHIS, A5