Metrotown is a town centre serving the southwest quadrant of Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada. It is one of the city's four officially designated town centres, as well as one of Metro Vancouver 's regional town centres. It is the central business district of the City of Burnaby.
98-568: Metrotown may refer to: Metrotown, Burnaby , a town centre in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Metropolis at Metrotown , a shopping mall in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, often referred to as Metrotown Metrotown station , a SkyTrain station serving the above town centre See also [ edit ] Metro Town , a high-rise development in Hong Kong Topics referred to by
196-534: A Grand Tour of Europe, including of France , and of Switzerland , and of Germany . Richard Clement Moody named the 400-foot hill in Port Coquitlam , British Columbia, 'Mary Hill', after his wife. However, Mary Moody disliked British Columbia, and described living there as 'roughing it in the bush' relative to living in England. The Royal British Columbia Museum has 42 letters written by Mary Moody from
294-730: A Municipal Commissioner, and expended his time between the learned societies of which he was a member. Moody was elected an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers on 23 April 1839, and was therefore one of its oldest members. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society , and a Member of the Royal Agricultural Society , and an Honorary Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects . Moody in 1848 received
392-730: A catalogue sales and distribution facility to the east of the Kelly-Douglas plant in 1954. Passenger service on the stretch of the Central Park interurban line through Burnaby and New Westminster ceased operations on October 23, 1953. Building upon a 1964 report by the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board (forerunner to the Greater Vancouver Regional District , GVRD), Burnaby's planning department prepared
490-638: A city of beauty in the wilderness' and planned his city as an iconic visual metaphor for British dominance, 'styled and located with the objective of reinforcing the authority of the Crown and of the robe'. Subsequent to the enactment of the Pre-emption Act of 1860, Moody settled the Lower Mainland . He founded the new capital city, New Westminster , at a site of dense forest of Douglas pine that he selected for its strategic excellence, including
588-524: A knowledge of mankind' to lead a Corps of 150 (later increased to 172) Royal Engineers who had been selected for their 'superior discipline and intelligence'. The War Office chose Moody: and Lord Lytton, who described Moody as his 'distinguished friend', accepted their nomination, as a consequence of Moody's military record, his success as Governor of the Falkland Islands, and the distinguished record of his father, Colonel Thomas Moody, Knight , at
686-546: A large mall and amusement centre at the corner of Lougheed Highway and Boundary Road. Fearing this proposal would deflect activity away from Metrotown, municipal council reaffirmed in 1984 that Metrotown would remain as Burnaby's commercial core, and mayor Lewarne stated that council would not rezone the Lougheed/Boundary site for the Triple Five proposal. With the provincial government refusing to intervene,
784-462: A plain land' and 'a man who could conceive of Edinburgh Castle in terms of a musical score'. Richard Clement Moody was born, on 13 February 1813, at St. Ann's Garrison , Barbados , into a traditional merchant family with a history of military service. He was the third of ten children of Colonel Thomas Moody, CRE WI, Kt. , and of Martha Clement (1784 - 1868) who was the daughter of the landowner Richard Clement (1754 - 1829): and through whom he
882-459: A police force. He established the requested Executive Council and a Legislative Council in 1845, each of which consisted of British officials, merchants, and local landowners. Moody's governance was impeded by the incompetence of the several members of his administration whom he dismissed. However, when during 1846 Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey became Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ,
980-651: A report titled Apartment Study , which was approved by the municipal council in 1966. In this document, Burnaby's planners proposed a hierarchical structure for co-locating housing, commercial activity and other amenities, with a "town centre" level as the highest tier. The town centres were to serve as "a major focus of population and community activity", include "a complete cross section of commercial facilities" and "a full range of cultural and recreational activity", and provide residential accommodation "with easy access to well developed industrial areas and places of employment". The planners further identified three sites around
1078-549: A ripple before us, except when a fish rose to the surface or broods of wild ducks fluttered away" . Moody designed the roads and the settlements of New Westminster, and his Royal Engineers, under Captain John Marshall Grant, built an extensive road network, including that which became Kingsway , which connected New Westminster to False Creek ; and the North Road between Port Moody and New Westminster; and
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#17327733480481176-479: A second England on the shores of the Pacific' by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton : who desired to send 'representatives of the best of British culture ' who had 'courtesy, high breeding, and urbane knowledge of the world'. The British Government deemed Moody to be the definitive 'English gentleman and British Officer'. Moody's original title was 'Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for British Columbia' before he
1274-486: A tale to welcome me at the close of a day of great enjoyment. Moody described the response to his success: 'They gave me a Salute, firing off their loaded Revolvers over my head—Pleasant—Balls whistling over one's head! as a compliment! Suppose a hand had dropped by accident! I stood up, & raised my cap & thanked them in the Queen's name for their loyal reception of me'. In British Columbia, Moody 'wanted to build
1372-686: A tour the United States , with Sir Charles Felix Smith , from 1837 to 1838. On his return from the USA, Moody was stationed at Devonport. Moody served as Professor of Fortifications at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich from July 1838 to October 1841. Moody was in October 1841 appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Falkland-Islands: this office was renamed Governor of the Falkland Islands in 1843, when he also became Commander-in-Chief of
1470-591: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Metrotown, Burnaby As officially defined by the City of Burnaby, the town centre is bounded on the west by Boundary Road (taking in Central Park ), on the south by Imperial Street, on the east by Royal Oak Avenue, and on the north by a series of local streets (Thurston, Bond, Grange and Dover streets), giving an area of 2.97 km (730 acres). Kingsway forms
1568-663: Is likely that the lauded reputation, at the Colonial Office, of Richard Clement Moody's father, Colonel Thomas Moody, Kt. , contributed to the Office's decision to appoint him to an important position at an unprecedentedly young age, and to grant him powers that were exceptional relative to those of other British Colonial Governors. Moody was directed by Lord John Russell to exercise an authority of 'influence, persuasion, and example'. Richard Clement Moody departed England, for The Falkland Islands, on 1 October 1841. His office
1666-507: Is thought to have also fathered at least two illegitimate children with his Native American housekeeper. Throughout his tenure in British Columbia, Moody feuded with Sir James Douglas Governor of Vancouver Island , whose jurisdiction overlapped with his own. Moody's offices of Chief Commissioner and Lieutenant-Governor were of 'higher prestige [and] lesser authority' than that of Douglas, despite Moody's superior social position in
1764-837: The British Army in the Falkland Islands , and Gibraltar , and Malta , and Crimea ); and Colonel Hampden Clement Blamire Moody CB (1821 - 1869) (who was Commander of the Royal Engineers in China during the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion ); and the Etonian engineer Shute Barrington Moody (b. 1818). Richard Clement Moody was first educated by private tutors He
1862-551: The British Columbian , wanted Richard Clement Moody's office to include that of Governor of British Columbia, to make obsolete Douglas. In letter to the Colonial Office of 27 December 1858, Richard Clement Moody states that he has 'entirely disarmed [Douglas] of all jealously'. Douglas repeatedly insulted the Royal Engineers by attempting to assume their command and refusing to acknowledge their contribution to
1960-479: The Burnaby School District . The town centre is also home to Old Orchard Shopping Centre, a strip mall at the intersection of Kingsway and Willingdon Avenue which pre-dates the malls along the south side of Kingsway built since the 1980s. As of 2006, Metrotown had a population of 25,540, increasing by 4% from 2001. Between 1991 and 2001, the town centre's population increased by 43.9%. Jobs in
2058-535: The Ford Motor Company to build an assembly plant near Kingsway and McKay Avenue. The plant opened in 1938, and was used to produce military vehicles during World War II ; it became an Electrolier facility at some point after the war. Wholesale grocer Kelly-Douglas Company built a manufacturing plant and warehouse to the east of the Ford/Electrolier plant in 1946, and Simpsons-Sears opened
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#17327733480482156-472: The Great Depression , Burnaby reeve William Pritchard instituted a series of make-work programs to put the unemployed to work, using municipal funds and loans. This put a strain on Burnaby's finances, and in 1932 the province stepped in by suspending the functions of Burnaby's government and appointing a commissioner to run municipal affairs. Under the province's control, Burnaby struck a deal with
2254-649: The Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit of France . Moody during his retirement lived at Caynham Court, Ludlow, Shropshire and later at Fairfield House, Charmouth , Lyme Regis . His friends included the politician and novelist Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton , and the biologist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker . Richard Clement Moody died at the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth on 31 March 1887, whilst visiting Bournemouth with his daughter, and
2352-488: The Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit of France . He served as an aide-de-camp to the British Colonial Office, on special service, from August 1849 and tended to his father, Colonel Thomas Moody, Kt. . Richard Clement Moody served at Chatham Dockyard and at Plymouth during 1851. He was Commanding Royal Engineer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1852 until 1854, as which he directed
2450-625: The Ordnance Survey in 1829, and he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1830. He was promoted to Lieutenant 1835, to Second Captain in 1844, to Captain in 1847, to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1855, to Colonel in 1858, and to Major-General in 1866. Moody served with the Ordnance Survey in Ireland from 1832 to 1833. He served on St. Vincent from October 1833 to September 1837, and, subsequently, on
2548-510: The 22 Royal Engineers who wished to return to England, who had 8 wives between them, departed for England. 130 of the original Columbia Detachment decided to remain in British Columbia. Scott contends that the dissolution of the Columbia Detachment, and the consequent departure of Moody, 'doomed' the development of the settlement and the realisation of Lord Lytton's dream. A vast congregation of New Westminster citizens gathered at
2646-648: The 5 or 6 gentlemen and the detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners. In 1845, animosity on the River Plate between the British and the French fleets and the Argentine Government of Juan Manuel de Rosas provoked Moody to request an artillery contingent from Britain and to use his Royal Engineers to train a militia from The Falkland Islands' population. In 1891, the militia that was founded by Moody
2744-558: The Baltimore Regional Planning Council (BRPC) for coining the term "metrotown" in 1962. The BRPC envisioned metrotowns as "cohesive urban developments... deployed radially and in a series of rings around the City of Baltimore", each accommodating 100,000 to 200,000 people and at greater densities than what was then common in suburban areas. Archer adapted the term in his two-part article From New Towns to Metrotowns and Regional Cities , which appeared in
2842-410: The British authorities for a doctor, a magistrate, and a chaplain: all three were dispatched, and the latter was Moody's brother, James Leith Moody , who, after his arrival in October 1845, was 'querulous and eccentric' in a feud with his brother. Richard Clement established residences, Government offices, a barracks, a new road system, docks, a court of law, a gaol, a school, a church, a graveyard, and
2940-760: The Chaplain to the British Force in the Islands. However, from the perspective of the British Government, Richard Clement Moody's tenure was a success, the consequence of which has been 180 years of British administration of the islands . In 1994, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Stanley, Moody, together with James Clark Ross and Lord Stanley, was commemorated on Falkland Islands stamps issued. Government House in Stanley, which
3038-401: The Colonial Office became less sympathetic to Moody. Moody repudiated the original European settlers of The Falkland Islands but commended his Royal Engineers: he wrote, our community... chiefly composed of men of the lowest class, formerly seamen in whale ships & sealers, foreigners and Spanish gauchos... the only persons opposed to such wretched material for the formation of a colony are
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3136-492: The Colonial Office. Moody was charged to establish British order and to transform the new Colony of British Columbia (1858–66) into the British Empire's 'bulwark in the farthest west' and 'found a second England on the shores of the Pacific'. Lytton desired to send to the colony 'representatives of the best of British culture, not just a police force': men who possessed 'courtesy, high breeding and urbane knowledge of
3234-689: The Falkland Islands and in British Columbia, British diplomat David Tatham CMG , who served as Governor of the Falkland Islands, described Moody as an 'Empire builder'. In January 2014, with the support of the Friends of the British Columbia Archives and of the Royal British Columbia Museum Foundation, The Royal British Columbia Museum purchased a photograph album that had belonged to Richard Clement Moody. The album contains over 100 photographs of
3332-564: The Falkland Islands. He served in these offices until July 1848, when he left Stanley, and arrived in England in February 1849. Moody in 1848 received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit of France . He served as an aide-de-camp to the British Colonial Office, on special service, from August 1849. He served at Chatham Dockyard and at Plymouth during 1851. Moody was appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1852, as which he served until 1854. Moody
3430-661: The Gold Medal of the Royal Agricultural Society . Moody wrote an account of tussock grass in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society (IV. 17, V. 50, VII. 73). The Coat of arms of the Falkland Islands notably includes an image of tussock grass. Moody left the Falkland Islands, for England, on HM Transport Nautilus, in July 1848. Moody arrived in England in February 1849. Moody in 1848 received
3528-594: The July 1969 issue of The American Journal of Economics and Sociology , to refer to "a unit for planned metropolitan development" consisting of a wide variety of land uses and offering "a large measure of local employment and city-type services", but still "significantly interdependent with the rest of the metropolis". He further suggested that building a connected series of metrotowns was the most cost-effective manner for establishing new urban settlements, and saw developments around Stockholm like Vällingby and Högdalen as examples of this type of built form. The term
3626-491: The Kelly-Douglas site into Eaton Centre (named after its anchor ), which opened in 1989; the mall was renamed Metropolis following the demise of the Eaton's chain in 1999. The Crystal Mall complex opened at Kingsway and Willingdon Avenue between 1999 and 2000, incorporating an Asian-themed shopping centre, residential and commercial highrises, and a Hilton hotel. Ivanhoe Cambridge purchased Metrotown Centre in 2002, which
3724-560: The Metrotown RTC, and the municipality's planning department followed up in 1977 with the release of Metrotown's development plan, which further articulated the development concept and strategy for the area. Recessions in the 1970s and early 1980s , along with an altered political landscape following the 1979 municipal election, cast uncertainties onto the Metrotown development, with mayor Dave Mercier suggesting in 1981 that
3822-470: The Metrotown plans be revisited. Meanwhile, with "Metrotown" being perceived by local residents as a "sterile name" unindicative of its environs, a naming contest was held in 1982 to rename the Kingsway/Sussex area. "Orchard Park" was the leading candidate until the contest was called off by mayor Bill Lewarne, citing the expense associated with updating the literature already printed which promoted
3920-647: The Pacific terminus, at Burrard's Inlet, of Port Moody, of the Canadian and Pacific Railway (which subsequently was extended to the mouth of the Inlet and terminates now at Vancouver); and the Cariboo Road ; and Stanley Park , which was an important strategic area for invaluable the eventuality of an invasion by America. He named Burnaby Lake after his secretary Robert Burnaby, and he named Port Coquitlam's 400-foot 'Mary Hill' after his wife Mary Hawks. Moody designed
4018-746: The Simpsons-Sears site, with ground breaking in August 1985 and completion targeted for fall 1986; Sears was to remain as an anchor tenant at the new Metrotown Centre, to be joined in that role by Woodward's . The Electrolier site became Station Square , opened in 1988 by Wesbild Enterprises. On opening day in 1988, part of anchor tenant Save-On-Foods ' rooftop parking deck collapsed , injuring 21 people but causing no deaths. The strip mall closed in 2012 to go through redevelopment. Also called Station Square , it has five condominium towers that were all completed in August 2022. Cambridge developed
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4116-432: The Triple Five proposal was abandoned. Nonetheless, while that proposal was in play, the Metrotown development experienced delays in locating anchor tenants, further worsening Daon's finances. Daon pulled out of the development in 1985 before ceasing operations the next year; the Kelly-Douglas site was subsequently acquired by Cambridge Shopping Centres (now Ivanhoe Cambridge ). Development in Metrotown began to pick up in
4214-810: The approbation of the British authorities in London, and was in British Columbia described as 'the real father of New Westminster'. However, Lord Lytton, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, 'forgot the practicalities of paying for clearing and developing the site and the town' and the efforts of Moody's Engineers were continually impeded by insufficient funds, which, together with the continuous opposition of Governor Douglas, whom Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot (1808 - 1880) described as 'like any other fraud', 'made it impossible for [Moody's] design to be fulfilled'. Moody's 5th, 6th, and 7th children, all daughters, were born at Government House in New Westminster. He
4312-469: The area as Metrotown. By that point, Daon Development Corporation had emerged as the main developer for the Kelly-Douglas site at Metrotown, with proposals to build a department store complex, offices and residential towers. However, the recessionary environment and the company's financial woes continued to stall development. Further complicating matters was a proposal by Triple Five Group (developers of West Edmonton Mall and Mall of America ) to build
4410-742: The area include Kinnee Park, Maywood Park and Old Orchard Park. The area is also served by the Bonsor Recreation Complex and the Burnaby Public Library 's Bob Prittie Metrotown branch. Marlborough Elementary School and Maywood Community School (K-7) both fall within Metrotown's borders, while Chaffey-Burke Elementary sits just to the north. The closest secondary schools serving Metrotown are Moscrop Secondary School at Willingdon Avenue and Moscrop Street, and Burnaby South Secondary School near Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street. All aforementioned schools are operated by
4508-407: The best alternative out of the various urban built forms. However, by 1974, the planners decided instead to create only one metro town, for fear that having multiple such developments (as recommended by Urban Structure ) would divide the municipality's focus and drain its resources. Brentwood, Lougheed and the Simpsons-Sears site were evaluated as candidates for the site of the sole metro town; with
4606-635: The brig Alarm provoked a feud between their families (the latter of which included John Bull Whitington in The Falkland Islands) that continued during Moody's tenure as Governor of the Falkland Islands and in the Colonial Magazine of November 1844. Shortly after Moody's arrival in 1842, when the Antarctic Expedition of Sir James Clark Ross sailed into Port Louis, Sir James Clark Ross advised Moody to choose for
4704-576: The capital city a site that was more easily accessible to sailing ships than Port Louis. Moody consequently investigated the suitability of Port William, which had been recommended by Lord John Russell , which Moody concluded to be the best site. He renamed the site Port Stanley after Lord Stanley , who was the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, and founded and developed the city, to which, during 1845, he moved The Falkland Islands' administration. Moody designed Government House in Stanley that
4802-495: The central commercial spine for the neighbourhood, and is paralleled to the south by the SkyTrain tracks running alongside Central Boulevard. The area is served by Patterson and Metrotown SkyTrain stations, while Royal Oak station sits just beyond the southeastern limits of the district. The area is characterised by its many high rise commercial and residential buildings. Urban researcher and economist R. W. Archer credited
4900-569: The city of Vancouver. Burnaby's central location within the metropolitan area was seen as an advantage to siting an RTC in the municipality, and with the planning process for the Metrotown development at Kingsway/Sussex already under way, the GVRD expected that designating Metrotown as an RTC would provide for the easiest implementation of the concept and set an example for future RTCs to be established in Surrey and Coquitlam . The site's location along
4998-402: The clouds there is a sublimity that deeply impresses you. Everything is large and magnificent, worthy of the entrance to the Queen of England's dominions on the Pacific mainland. [...] My imagination converted the silent marshes into Cuyp -like pictures of horses and cattle lazily fattening in rich meadows in a glowing sunset. [...] The water of the deep clear Frazer was of a glassy stillness, not
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#17327733480485096-445: The distribution of the land, and, consequently, large areas were bought by speculators. Moody requisitioned 3,750 acres (sc. 1,517 hectares) for himself, and, on this land, he subsequently built for himself, and owned, Mayfield, a model farm near New Westminster. Moody was criticised by journalists for land grabbing , but his requisitions were ordered by the Colonial Office, and Moody throughout his tenure in British Columbia received
5194-409: The disused Central Park interurban was also considered favourable, as the GVRD was proposing to build a light rail transit system (which eventually became the SkyTrain ) along that right of way. The proposal thus recommended for an RTC to be "started immediately in the Central Park area of Burnaby" (as well as in downtown New Westminster). Burnaby and the GVRD subsequently launched a joint study of
5292-494: The dock to bid farewell to Moody as his boat departed for England. Moody wanted to return to British Columbia, but he died before he was able to do so. Moody left his library behind, in New Westminster, to become the public library of New Westminster. In April 1863, the Councillors of New Westminster decreed that 20 acres should be reserved and named Moody Square after Richard Clement Moody. The area around Moody Square that
5390-671: The early settlement of British Columbia, including some of the earliest known photographs of First Nations peoples. On 6 July 1852, at St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne , Moody married Mary Susannah Hawks of the Hawks industrial dynasty , who was the daughter of the merchant banker Joseph Hawks JP DL Sheriff of Newcastle , and of Mary Boyd of the Boyd merchant banking family. Mary Hawks's maternal uncles included Admiral Benedictus Marwood Kelly and industrialist Edward Fenwick Boyd . After their marriage, Richard and Mary Moody embarked on
5488-702: The entirety of China . Richard Clement Moody and his wife Mary Hawks (of the Hawks industrial dynasty and of the Boyd merchant banking family) and their four children left England for British Columbia in October 1858 and arrived in British Columbia in December 1858, with the 172 Royal Engineers of the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment , and his secretary the freemason Robert Burnaby (after whom he subsequently named Burnaby Lake ), under his command. The original Columbia Detachment consisted of 150 Royal Engineers, both sappers and officers, before it
5586-425: The expedition of Sir James Clark Ross , described Moody as 'a very active and intelligent young man, most anxious to improve the colony and gain every information [ sic ] respecting its products'. Moody granted Hooker use of his personal library, which Hooker described as 'excellent', and the two became friends. Moody's refusal to acquiesce to George Thomas Whitington's attempt to force him to travel in
5684-433: The first Coat of Arms of British Columbia . Port Moody , and Moody Park and Moody Square in New Westminster, are named after him. Moody was a polymath who excelled in engineering, architecture, and music. He planned the restoration of Edinburgh Castle using musical chords , for which he was summoned to Windsor Castle for commendation by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . He has been described as 'a visionary in
5782-550: The first Coat of arms of British Columbia . Richard Clement Moody established Port Moody , which was subsequently named after him, at the end of the trail that connected New Westminster with Burrard Inlet, to defend New Westminster from potential attack from the United States. Moody also established a town at Hastings which was later incorporated into Vancouver. The British designated multiple tracts as government reserves. The Pre-emption Act did not specify conditions for
5880-493: The first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia , from December 1858 to July 1863. Moody arrived in England, from British Columbia, in December 1863. He was Commanding Royal Engineer at Chatham Dockyard between March 1864 and 1866. as which he served until January 1866. On 25 January 1866, he was promoted to Major-General , and he retired from the British Army, on full pay, later that month. Moody then served as
5978-429: The former two locations already gravitating towards a car-centric pattern of development, the planners decided that the Simpsons-Sears site had the most potential to match their original vision for a metro town. The report thus recommended that "the Kingsway/Sussex town centre be designated as a Metrotown development area"; the recommendation was approved by the municipal council in July 1974. Concurrent with planning at
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#17327733480486076-406: The judgement of the Royal Engineers and of the British Government which had selected Moody to 'out manoeuvre the old Hudson's Bay Factor [Governor Douglas]'. Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot (1808 - 1880) described Governor Douglas as 'like any other fraud', whereas Moody had been selected by Lord Lytton for his qualities of the archetypal 'English gentleman and British Officer', and because his family
6174-528: The latter. In June 1843, when Moody's office was renamed 'Governor' (from Lieutenant-Governor), Moody was instructed by the Colonial Office to establish a colonial administration with a Legislative Council and an Executive Council. The records of Moody's 'conscientious' and 'impressive' administration of Falkland are held in the Jane Cameron National Archives in Stanley. Moody enacted laws and collected other duties or taxes. He asked
6272-434: The majority of evidence, and almost all other biographies of Moody, including that by the Institution of Civil Engineers, and that by the Royal Engineers, and that by the British Columbia Historical Association, commend Moody's achievements in British Columbia. The Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment was disbanded in July 1863. The Moody family (which now consisted of Moody, and his wife, and seven legitimate children) and
6370-440: The mid-1980s, in tandem with the launch in late 1985 of the SkyTrain system (including Metrotown Station ), which follows the alignment of the former interurban through the area. The form of development, however, came to be dominated by retail complexes, differing markedly from the original vision for Metrotown as a pedestrian-oriented mixed-use node. Cal Investments received financial backing from Manulife Financial to develop
6468-404: The municipal level, the GVRD also worked on addressing growth patterns at the regional level, and in 1975 released The Livable Region 1976/1986 , which proposed establishing "regional town centres" (RTCs) in several locations around Greater Vancouver. Such centres were envisioned as nodes of employment, entertainment and cultural amenities serving the local population, in order to reduce travel into
6566-437: The municipality as candidates to be developed into town centres: Brentwood , Lougheed and the area around the Simpsons-Sears facility at Kingsway and Sussex Avenue. Burnaby's planning department further conducted a survey of the local land-use structure, and published a hardcover book titled Urban Structure in 1971. Echoing Archer's metrotown concept, the book recommended establishing an "intermittent grid of metro towns" as
6664-428: The nascent colony. Margaret A. Ormsby, who was the author of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography entry for Moody (2002), unpopularly censures Moody for the abortive development of the New Westminster. However, most significant historians commend Moody's contribution and exonerate Moody from culpability for the abortive development of New Westminster, especially with regard to the perpetual insufficiency of funds and of
6762-603: The personally motivated opposition by Douglas that continually delayed the development of British Columbia. Robert Burnaby observed that Douglas proceeded with 'muddling [Moody's] work and doubling his expenditure' and with employing administrators to 'work a crooked policy against Moody' to 'retard British Columbia and build up... the stronghold of Hudson's Bay interests' and their own 'landed stake'. Therefore, Robert Edgar Cail, Don W. Thomson, Ishiguro, and Scott commended Moody for his contribution, and Scott accused Ormsby of being 'adamant in her dislike of Colonel Moody' despite
6860-399: The previous year, making the area increasingly favourable for settlement. Consequently, the provincial government established a series of holding lots out of the military reserve in the 1890s to accommodate working class residents. The lots were drawn at right angles to the interurban line, which ran from the northwest to the southeast, accounting for Metrotown's street orientation. During
6958-417: The quality of its port. He, in his letter to his friend Arthur Blackwood of the Colonial Office, dated 1 February 1859, described the majestic beauty of the site: "The entrance to the Frazer is very striking--Extending miles to the right & left are low marsh lands (apparently of very rich qualities) & yet fr the Background of Superb Mountains- Swiss in outline, dark in woods, grandly towering into
7056-584: The rebellion, which became popularly known as ' Ned McGowan's War ', without loss of life. Moody described the incident: The notorious Ned McGowan, of Californian celebrity at the head of a band of Yankee Rowdies defying the law! Every peaceable citizen frightened out of his wits!—Summons & warrants laughed to scorn! A Magistrate seized while on the Bench, & brought to the Rebel's camp, tried, condemned, & heavily fined! A man shot dead shortly before! Such
7154-509: The response to the burst reservoir at Holmfirth, Yorkshire, from on 5 February 1852, which destroyed life and property. Moody was promoted to Regimental Colonel on 8 December 1853 and was appointed Executive Officer of Malta , during 1854, during the Crimean War . Whilst at Malta, his eldest son, Richard Stanley Hawks Moody , later a distinguished Colonel, was born, on 23 October 1854, at Strada Reale , Valletta . Richard Clement Moody
7252-514: The restoration of Edinburgh Castle that were based on a musical principle in which measurements were made 'drawn to musical chords '. He has been described as 'a visionary in a plain land' and 'a man who could conceive of Edinburgh Castle in terms of a musical score'.< His plans so impressed Lord Panmure that he was invited to Windsor Castle to present them to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert , both of whom were musicians and both of whom were delighted. The implementation of Moody's plans
7350-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Metrotown . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metrotown&oldid=1005116196 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
7448-671: The town centre numbered around 22,900 in 2006, accounting for 20% of employment in Burnaby. According to the 2006 census, 53% of the residents in the census tract immediately south of the Metrotown SkyTrain station commuted to work by public transit, the highest of any census tracts in Metro Vancouver ; public transit mode share to work for the entire Metrotown area was around 42%. Richard Moody Major-General Richard Clement Moody FICE FRGS RIBA (13 February 1813 – 31 March 1887)
7546-404: The two points. The trail (which later became Kingsway) opened in 1860, and cut diagonally across Burrard Peninsula ; land was set aside as a military reserve at a plateau along the road in the area of modern-day Metrotown. The road was improved following Burnaby's municipal incorporation in 1892, and the parallel Central Park interurban line connecting Vancouver and New Westminster opened
7644-514: The world' such as Moody, whom the Government considered to be the archetypal 'English gentleman and British Officer' to command the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment . Moody's brother, Colonel Hampden Clement Blamire Moody , had already served with the Royal Engineers in British Columbia, from 1840 to 1848, to such success that he was subsequently granted command of the Regiment across
7742-408: Was 'eminently respectable'. Governor Douglas's mother was 'a half-breed' and 'an affront to Victorian society': whereas Mary Moody was a member of the Hawks industrial dynasty and of the Boyd merchant banking family. Mary Moody wrote, on 4 August 1859, 'it is not pleasant to serve under a Hudson's Bay Factor', and that the 'Governor and Richard can never get on'. John Robson, who was the editor of
7840-720: Was Executive Officer at Malta , during 1854, during the Crimean War , but was compelled to resign from this post in May 1855 as a consequence of insufficient health. He toured Germany before his appointment as Commander of the Royal Engineers in Scotland in November 1855. Moody was appointed the Commander of the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment ; the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for British Columbia; and
7938-561: Was a British Governor and Commander of the Royal Engineers . He was the founder and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia ; and was Commanding Executive Officer of Malta during the Crimean War ; and was the first British Governor of the Falkland Islands , of which he founded their capital Port Stanley , Moody Brook , and Moody Point in Antarctica . Moody founded the Colony of British Columbia whilst selected to 'found
8036-455: Was adopted by future settlers. Moody's secretary, Murrell Robinson Robinson [ sic ], a surveyor and engineer, was the nephew of one of Moody's tutors. Moody appointed Robinson as a JP in 1843, but banished him from the Islands in March 1845, with the statement that he set-out 'axe in hand' for some other colony. The botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker , who arrived on the Islands with
8134-543: Was buried at St Peter's Church, Bournemouth . He was not able to fulfil his intention to return to British Columbia. He left over £24,000 in Victorian money, in addition to his estates. In 1833 the Great Britain asserted its authority over the Falkland Islands. In 1841, Moody, aged only 28 years, was appointed, on the recommendation of Lord Vivian , to be the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Falkland Islands. It
8232-595: Was compelled by his Yellow Fever to resign from his office in Malta during May 1855, after which he recuperated on a tour of Germany. He was appointed as Commander of the Royal Engineers in Scotland in November 1855, as which he served until October 1858. Moody was involved in Scottish architectural projects, and enjoyed the intellectual society of Edinburgh. Whilst in Germany during 1855, Moody composed plans for
8330-561: Was completed in 1850 and after he had returned to England. Sir James Ross subsequently named Moody Point , off Joinville Island in Antarctica , after Moody. Moody levied a tax on alcohol, and, because there was a lack of currency on the island, issued his own currency of promissory notes. These two practices resolved immediate problems on the Islands: but Moody was criticized in Parliament, by Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet , for
8428-403: Was completed on 14 April 1842 and was sent to London on 3 May. In his General Report, Moody recommended that the Government encourage settlers and promote extensive sheep farming. He estimated that the population of sheep were 40,000 in 1842 and encouraged the Government to import quality stock from Britain to be crossed with the local breeds: this policy was implemented to considerable success and
8526-408: Was completed only in 1889 has also been named Moody Park after Moody. Numerous developments occurred in and around Moody Park, including Century House, which was opened by Princess Margaret on 23 July 1958. In 1984, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of New Westminster, a monument of Richard Clement Moody, at the entrance of the park, was unveiled by Mayor Tom Baker. For Moody's achievements in
8624-552: Was designed by Moody, featured on the stamps issued in 1933, to commemorate the Centenary, on those issued in 1983, to commemorate 150 years of British administration of the Islands, and on those issued in 1996 to commemorate the visit, in January of that year, by Princess Anne . Moody Brook is named after Richard Clement. In 1845 Moody introduced tussock grass into Great Britain from The Falkland Islands for which he received
8722-538: Was disrupted by the retirement of Lord Panmure after which they were not implemented but are retained at the War Office , where 'they still remain a memorial to Moody's talent'. When news of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush reached London, Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton , Secretary of State for the Colonies, requested that War Office recommend a field officer who were 'a man of good judgement possessing
8820-544: Was from his age of 14 years educated as a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich , of which he became Head of School in his second year and graduated in his third year. Like his father, and like his brother Hampden Clement Blamire Moody, Richard Clement Moody was a polymath who excelled in engineering, and in architecture, and in music, and in science. He planned the restoration of Edinburgh Castle using music. Richard Clement trained on
8918-552: Was increased to 172. The 'gentlemen' defined by Moody were his three Captains Robert Mann Parsons , John Marshall Grant , and Henry Reynolds Luard , and his two Lieutenants Lieutenant Arthur Reid Lempriere (of Diélament, Jersey) and Lieutenant Henry Spencer Palmer , in addition to Captain William Driscoll Gosset (who was to be Colonial Treasurer and Commissary Officer). The contingent also included Doctor John Vernon Seddall and The Rev. John Sheepshanks (who
9016-454: Was merged with Metropolis into a single mall (Metropolis at Metrotown) in 2005, creating the third largest enclosed shopping mall in Canada by total retail floor space. Central Park sits at the western edge of Metrotown, and includes amenities such as tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool, a pitch-and-putt golf course, and Swangard Stadium at its northwestern corner. Smaller parks in
9114-420: Was redesignated the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia : as which he founded the capital of British Columbia , New Westminster , and he has been described as 'the real father of New Westminster'. Moody also founded the Cariboo Road and Stanley Park , and named Burnaby Lake after his secretary Robert Burnaby and Port Coquitlam 's 400-foot 'Mary Hill' after his wife, Mary Hawks . He designed
9212-524: Was related to the Belgravia cricketers Reynold Clement and Richard Clement . His paternal grandmother was Barbara Blamire of Cumberland who was a cousin of the MP William Blamire and of the poet Susanna Blamire . Richard Clement Moody's siblings included Major Thomas Moody (1809 - 1839); and James Leith Moody (1816 -1896) (who was Chaplain to Royal Navy in China , and to
9310-522: Was renamed Governor of the Falkland Islands in 1843, when he became Commander-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands. When Moody arrived, on the Hebe, at Port Louis on 16 January 1842, the Falklands was 'almost in a state of anarchy', but he used his powers 'with great wisdom and moderation' to develop the Islands' infrastructure. Moody's General Report of the Falkland Islands for the British Government
9408-646: Was renamed The Falkland Islands Volunteer Force, and it was subsequently renamed again to the Falkland Islands Defence Force , and it was involved in both World Wars and in the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982 , when, coincidentally, a centre of the Argentinian offensive was Moody Brook which was named after Moody. Moody's authority provoked antipathy in his subordinates, especially his inequable brother James Leith,
9506-457: Was subsequently adopted by the municipality of Burnaby in the 1970s, initially as a common noun to refer to a type of urban development; it eventually became a proper noun referring exclusively to the area around the intersection of Kingsway and Sussex Avenue. On the recommendation of Colonel Richard Moody , the Royal Engineers constructed a trail linking colonial capital New Westminster and False Creek to facilitate troop movement between
9604-522: Was to be Chaplain of the Columbia Detachment). Moody was sworn in as the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia and appointed Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for British Columbia. Moody had hoped to begin immediately the foundation of a capital city, but on his arrival at Fort Langley, he learned of an insurrection at the settlement of Hill's Bar by a notorious outlaw, Ned McGowan, and some restive gold miners. Moody repressed
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