Surrey: Changing Cityscape
a photo essay
| September
19, 2007 A walk through Surrey. This time through the rapidly changing landscape along Johnston Road (152 Street) near where it intersects Newton Road (72nd) and south to Sullivan. Evidence of this rapid change is abundant by merely glimpsing Google Maps or Google Earth. Swaths of large residential lots radiating from the southwest corner of 72nd and 152nd have been almost entirely supplanted by brand new subdivisions. Frontage roads have sprung up and there are a surprising number of people actually walking around their new neighbourhood, some with strollers. Meanwhile, across the street, the now unbuffered swath of rural space that is the Agricultural Land Reserve lies like a lonely relic, subdivisions lining crawling up the hill on the far side. Further along, an about to be destroyed little vestige of four or five shells of houses stand, tagged up and condemned. Groves of fairly nice Douglas Firs stand around these plots, shading them from the neighbouring 'Sullivan Gardens' development of luxury family town homes-- "an exclusive garden community inspired by classic villages around the world." |
All photos copyright Keith Freeman
Prints available upon request
New home under construction
72nd Avenue
Homes for sale
72nd Avenue near 148th St.
The old apple tree
Along 72nd Avenue
Woodpile in the clearing
72nd Avenue
Fresh living
72nd near 152nd St
Roofburbs