JANE'S WALK 2009: Lot 26: Everything Began at Hastings

Join members of behind open doors arts collective in an exploration of the forgotten areas of Vancouver. With a keen attention to how Vancouver's stories are remembered, we'll explore the history of New Brighton Park. This park has a tumultuous history: once a Musqueam clam beach called Khanamoot, the land was sold for 50 bucks and dubbed "Hastings Townsite" -- where it became the leisure destination at the end of the stage coach road from New Westminster.

A trip to the Cannery Restaurant for tea will grant participants access to the restricted areas of the Vancouver Port. Those participants not interested in staying at the Cannery Restaurant can join co-hosts as they exit the surveillance area via the pedestrian overpass to Meditation Park at North Nanaimo and Wall Street.

Stay tuned for the walk info: http://www.thinkcity.ca/walksmay3

Jane's Walk Research

Research bike and walk today -- Lori and Caelan in attendance, also one very big bottle of beer. We rode along Wall Street to New Brighton Park. We then locked the bikes and walked/trespassed into Prince Rupert Fishing Coop Cannery. The result was to find a good place to pee after a very big bottle of beer and a bird carcass. We then were then able to get into the Port itself, under the pretense of going to the Cannery Restaurant. It was still closed. They serve brunch on Saturday and Sundays from 10am-2pm however and the decor is like a pirates' lair.

Now, we thought a potential Jane's Walk could meet at New Brighton Park and walk down Wall Street to the pedestrian overpass (that now is locked) that would lead to the Port and do a little movement there. We could then adjourn in the little park above this bridge for a picnic. We could advertise this performance for 12 noon to 1pm. (Just a suggestion). We could also meet in the next week or so for some development.

SUMMER 2009 HOP/EVENT SCHEDULE:

SUMMER 2009 HOP/EVENT SCHEDULE:

Jane's Walk:
Sunday May 3rd
11am-noon
Location TBA

Hop
Sunday May 31
1:00pm-2:30pm
Little Mountain Housing ghost site
Quebec St. @ 35th Ave

Hop
Sunday June 28
1:00pm-2:30pm
305 Alexander St @ Gore

Hop:
Sunday July 26
1:00pm-2:30pm
Location: Vancouver Public Library (by the stairs)

Hop:
Sunday August 23
1:00pm-2:30pm
Location: Beach Location TBA

Hop:
Sunday September 27
1:00pm-2:30pm
Location: TBA

falling on the ground is not always a winter sport

Sunday February 22,
11am 305 Alexander Street@Gore
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=305+Alexander+St+Vancouver&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Here is a little background reading: http://fearlesscity.ca/news

Otherwise, there is no plan yet

LM

Documentation bike gang
Saturday May 17

Meet at Brittania Secondary School field at 5:30pm

Bring a bicycle and some means of documentation. I am planning on taking a bunch of photos of derelict buildings and starting some form of obituary buiding catalogue.

I would like to go to the Downtown/ Downtown eastside/False creek areas

see you there
email play@ bodac.ca if you have questions

Lori

Sunday November 11th

Upcoming Hop: (UPDATED!)

the stairs on the West Side at the school at the corner of 12th/Kingsway. 12th and Guelph (a couple blocks east of Kingsway)
10am-10:20 check in. hop until noon.

lost: call 604.773.2136

my new Sunday Service

Out of desperation I have sought that special something that makes it all worthwhile for me and I recognised that it is the public sphere, the local folks and my dance routines.
It will now become my Sunday morning ritual.
10am
location posted by Wednesday
-lori

last Sunday Oct. 21 was Vancouver Community College: Catherine Andersen, Mike Dowler, Lori MacDonald and Azam the Security guard

2007 season kick off

Day 1:
participants: Soressa, Mike, Karen, Chris, Jessica, Catherine, Lori, Rachel, Alana
witnesses: Julie
documentation: Rachel, super 8
Monsoon parking lot
gather. rules: minimum 3 people in the space. time limit: 12 minutes
source material: spider man's arm on the giant building on the South West corner. some discussion around whether this parking lot will become condominiums.
Lab:
2 groups, 1 block radius. choose your space-20 minutes then present.
group 1:
I was a participant in this score
alcove/entrance to old Soma which is now a closed building.
we placed the viewers in the entrance and used the limited vision scape to work with passing by. we found scraps in our wallet and each wrote some notes to give to the viewers to pass through the mail slot. ex. I hear with my ear, something that is high. please deliver to the old Soma mailslot.
group 2:
witness for this score
back alley betwen the parking lot and 10th/Broadway.
soressa's vocalizations coming from a machine hiding under her umbrella and under her jacket.
umbrellas being passed back and forth, cars continually passing through the alley, Catherine teetering on the sidewalk.
I missed any closing discussions
or ideas to carry forward to the next
-lori
collective member