Walking Tour: The Real Story of the War Vets’ Pleasantville

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Circle tour starts in front of the Fraserview Golf Course Clubhouse – 7700 Vivian Drive. Please dress for the weather. Guide dogs and Service Dogs welcomed. The neighbourhood between Argyle and Elliott Streets was Canada’s largest, detached-home, social housing project when the federal government completed it in 1953. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation had hastily assembled 1,100 “apple box houses” across the city’s south slope on elegantly curving streets. The homes were rented to WW II veterans and their baby-booming families. The social experiment was largely a success, but there were some messy missteps. Join South Van’er, Rob Howatson for a deep dive into Fraserview’s blue collar past.