The Burr Theatre
This "atmospheric" theatre was built in a Spanish Moor architectural style in 1927. Owned by the city of New Westminster, it was closed in March 2006 for vague "financial reasons" and now sits vacant, with no word on its future.

Mc & Mc / Salvation Army
Mc & Mc/Salvation Army.  Another Columbia Street heritage icon, the McLennan, McFeely and Prior department store was designed in 1939 by architects McCarther & Nairne (of Marine Building fame in Vancouver) in Streamline Moderne style. Only its facade may be saved as part of the Azure/Plaza 88 development at the New Westminster SkyTrain station.
 

Heritage Monuments vandalized
Heritage Monuments. Metal theft has left many of the city's most important monuments at risk. Already, plaques celebrating war veterans and the iron gate at Woodlands have been stolen (the gate was recovered, but other important plaques have not been found).

PC Pen Cemetery
BC Pen Cemetery. Ignored and forgotten, 48 headstones of prisoners of the old BC Penitentiary are largely forgotten and at risk of further damage and deterioration.

Fraser Cemetery
Fraser Cemetery. The city's historic cemetery, holding the graves of most of its earliest pioneers, is an advanced state of decay, and there is an urgent need for action. All levels of government need to work together to save what does remain from further damage.
 

New Westminster Gas Company
New Westminster Gas Company. The city's oldest remaining industrial building (built in 1886) continues to sit abandoned and neglected in the 200-block of Twelfth Street.
 

City Views
City views. New Westminster's historic ties to the Fraser River and its views of the river and beyond are being threatened by the city's relentless push to redevelop its open spaces with condo towers.
 

The Windsor Hotel
The Windsor Hotel. Another peice of Columbia's Street past is in danger-- in fact, this 1899 building awaits the wrecker's ball sometime in the spring of 2007.
 

Demolition by Neglect
There are too many homes that are theartened due to demolition by neglect to mention here. Some high-profile examples are a lovely turn-of-the-century cottage at 239 4th Street and a row of once-beautiful Edwardian homes in the 400-block 12th Street.