historic
Hits and misses for Cloverdale renewal
June 15, 2012 | Paul Hillsdon
The City and business community have been working diligently for over a decade to restore vibrancy and activity to historic Cloverdale, the original centre of Surrey. The City finished a new land use plan for the area in 2000, opened the new Surrey Museum in 2004, and re-designed the Main St along 176th in 2009. Two mid-rise condo buildings were completed in 2010 and things in general were looking up for the area.
City studying introduction of streetcar in Cloverdale
January 25, 2011 | Paul HillsdonThe City will spend the next six months to study the introduction of a streetcar to service historic Cloverdale. An initiative pursued by the Cloverdale BIA in the early 2000′s, the business group purchased historic streetcar #30 from Saanich … Read More
City spends $3M to relocate heritage rail to Cloverdale
January 24, 2011 | Paul HillsdonFor the past decade, a dedicated group of rail enthusiasts having been working diligently to realize their dream of bringing back the historic Interurban to Surrey. Since 2003, the Fraser Valley Heritage Rail Society has dedicated over $480,000 worth … Read More
Kensington Prairie Community Centre [pic]
March 31, 2010 | Paul HillsdonKensington Prairie Community Centre is a retrofit of a historic elementary school in South Surrey. The facility is meant to provide a cheap, short term civic facility for the growing area of Grandview and Morgan Heights. The historic building … Read More
Renaissance for historic Cloverdale?
January 25, 2010 | Paul Hillsdon2009 was a great year for the historic downtown of Cloverdale. The town centre got a complete refurbishment with the reconstruction of Main St, including new lighting, sidewalks, public art, and hanging baskets. Additionally, two four storey condo buildings completed construction … Read More
Update on Cloverdale’s downtown developments [pics]
June 22, 2009 | Paul Hillsdon
Two mid-rise condo projects in Cloverdale’s historic downtown are nearing completion. West on the Village Walk and Clover Downs Estates are both part of a strategy to increase the number of residents within walking distance of the downtown to bring back activity to the commercial core.
A number of other lots in the downtown, including the City owned Safeway site, are up for sale. Presumably, based on the success of these two developments, we can expect to see more density coming soon to downtown Cloverdale. Keep reading for more pictures.
Cloverdale Main St. retrofit [pics]
November 17, 2008 | Paul HillsdonTook a bunch of pics the other day during a photowalk. Here’s a bunch of the Main St. retrofit almost complete in Downtown Cloverdale. I personally think it looks absolutely fantastic!
New tree pockets with plantings, public art statue, new sidewalk pavings, new street lighting poles, new community banners
