Heritage in the 'Burbs

Imagine walking down a street of a suburban subdivision built in 2000, somewhere on the outskirts of Calgary, Vancouver or Toronto. Only now it’s 2020. To your right is one of the single family homes that survived a physical transformation initiated in 2007, when it became clear that surviving the oil crisis required neighbourhood intensification. In his home, a retired minister sells polished and drilled semiprecious stones – amethysts, agates and tourmalines – out of a living room he has transformed into a showroom. His workshop is in the basement. ...