During the final decades of the nineteenth century, the city of Vancouver, British Columbia was a rapidly developing community that would become the province's dominant urban centre. This growth and prosperity would continue through the first ten years of the twentieth century, as self-made entrepreneurs would shape a city that would quadruple in size to become Canada's fourth largest metropolis. With this growth came a desire for leisure pursuits found in other established urban areas throughout North America. Thus, several local businessmen formed the Recreation Park Company Limited in 1905, which would build an athletic facility of the same name, and introduce Vancouver's first professional baseball team. Although the team would struggle...
The growth of large urban centres in Canada, at a time when the availability of leisure is increasin...
In 2003 the “The Globalization and World Cities - Study Group Network” ranked Vancouver at the botto...
La sociologie urbaine et le sport : rôle des stades sportifs et autres infrastructures sportives dan...
La croissance de la ville d’Edmonton au début des années 1900 est allée de pair avec l’implantation,...
Au cours des années 1920 et 1930, l’expansion du sport dans les centres urbains fut à la fois la cau...
This paper investigates the Vancouver Arena, also known as the Denman Street Arena, and its impact i...
How a municipal parks system formed in London following Confederation provides insight into the stru...
The local ballpark was an important community gathering place during the first half of the twentieth...
This paper traces the development of early sporting activities in the province of British Columbia. ...
This paper traces the development of early sporting activities in the province of British Columbia. ...
This study traces the development of community recreation in Edmonton from the time of the initiatio...
This study traces the development of community recreation in Edmonton from the time of the initiatio...
Community centres are a relatively new type of institution in the British Columbia recreational pict...
The growth of large urban centres in Canada, at a time when the availability of leisure is increasin...
The study of park history serves as an important basis for assessing how rapid growth of cities affe...
The growth of large urban centres in Canada, at a time when the availability of leisure is increasin...
In 2003 the “The Globalization and World Cities - Study Group Network” ranked Vancouver at the botto...
La sociologie urbaine et le sport : rôle des stades sportifs et autres infrastructures sportives dan...
La croissance de la ville d’Edmonton au début des années 1900 est allée de pair avec l’implantation,...
Au cours des années 1920 et 1930, l’expansion du sport dans les centres urbains fut à la fois la cau...
This paper investigates the Vancouver Arena, also known as the Denman Street Arena, and its impact i...
How a municipal parks system formed in London following Confederation provides insight into the stru...
The local ballpark was an important community gathering place during the first half of the twentieth...
This paper traces the development of early sporting activities in the province of British Columbia. ...
This paper traces the development of early sporting activities in the province of British Columbia. ...
This study traces the development of community recreation in Edmonton from the time of the initiatio...
This study traces the development of community recreation in Edmonton from the time of the initiatio...
Community centres are a relatively new type of institution in the British Columbia recreational pict...
The growth of large urban centres in Canada, at a time when the availability of leisure is increasin...
The study of park history serves as an important basis for assessing how rapid growth of cities affe...
The growth of large urban centres in Canada, at a time when the availability of leisure is increasin...
In 2003 the “The Globalization and World Cities - Study Group Network” ranked Vancouver at the botto...
La sociologie urbaine et le sport : rôle des stades sportifs et autres infrastructures sportives dan...