OK, so today is the official start date for the writing of “The Birth of Grandview: 1890-1921“. I am aiming to have it ready for publication in October 2015. Wish me luck! Update: I managed to get about 4 hours … Continue reading
At 3pm on Saturday 8th December, the Grandview Heritage Group (GHG) will sponsor an illustrated talk by me on “The Birth of Our Community: Grandview 1890-1915.” It was this quarter-century that turned Commercial Drive and Grandview from a raw forest … Continue reading
The prestigious BC Studies has printed a review of “The Encyclopedia of Commercial Drive“, and it is rather good: “… between both of King’s books, particularly the Encyclopedia, one can easily see a valuable research source for creating feature articles, … Continue reading
In case you don’t know, Jak King writes a lot of local history at the website of the Grandview Heritage Group.
I am beginning to prepare the sequel to my earlier book, “The Drive … To 1956” which will bring the history up to 1999. If you lived or worked or played on or near Commercial Drive in those years, I’d … Continue reading
I’m planning to conduct a walking tour of Commercial Drive later this Spring for the benefit of the Grandview Heritage Group; I’m having fun putting it together. Please keep in touch with the GHG website for further details.
Spacing Vancouver has today published an interview with me about the books and the history of the Drive. http://spacingvancouver.ca/2012/03/12/an-interview-with-jak-king/ Hope you enjoy it!
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