Heritage Vancouver lists top 10 endangered sites
The old RCMP headquarters at 33rd and Heather is a handsome Tudor building designed by B.C. architectural legend Samuel Maclure.
Built in 1912 as the private Langara School, the RCMP took it over in 1920 and renamed it the Fairmont Academy. A century later, it is a local landmark that rates an A on Vancouver’s heritage register, the highest ranking.
But the building is located in the Heather Lands, a 21-acre site jointly owned by the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh
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