by Todd Wong | Sep 19, 2006 | Events, Save the House |
Joy Kogawa sent us an e-mail about her day at the Open House event. She writes: I was blown away the moment I arrived – the big tent for registration in the front lawn, the flowers on the stone pillars, the long display of the timeline and photos along the fence. It...
by Todd Wong | Sep 19, 2006 | Events, Save the House |
Please click the gallery below to see photos of the Open House event at Joy Kogawa House, September 17th. Photos by Todd...
by Todd Wong | Sep 18, 2006 | Events, Save the House |
The open house event at Joy Kogawa House went very well. Many many people came to see the house and to meet Joy Kogawa, buy copies of her books, and have Joy sign them. The Land Conservancy of BC did a wonderful job setting up displays about the history of the...
by Todd Wong | Sep 15, 2006 | Press/Media, Save the House |
Reprieved Kogawa House Opens to Public 15 Sep 2006 17:59:45 EDT CBC Arts Joy Kogawa’s house, which received a last-minute reprieve from demolition when it was bought by a Vancouver heritage agency this spring, will open to the public this Sunday. The modest...
by Todd Wong | Sep 7, 2006 | Save the House |
The 1915 house is modest and now seems out of place beside the new larger homes built on either side of it. There is a tall cedar tree and a tall pine tree, and rhododendron bushes in the front yard, shielding the house as if it is hiding it from the street trying not...
by Todd Wong | Sep 1, 2006 | Press/Media, Save the House |
Last week Vancouver Sun’s Shelley Fralic asked readers to send their nominations for Canada’s 25 Most Important houses. I quickly sent in my nomination for Kogawa House. Here’s what she wrote: Todd Wong’s nomination for the list is the modest...
