New Westminster Record April 26 2018

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PRESERVING A LOST ART: Markus Fahrner sorts through blocks of metal fonts he uses to create books and posters on his 1914 Colt Armoury printing press in the garage of his Port Moody home. Fahrner acquired the letterpress and associated fonts from the estate of world-renowned typographer Jim Rimmer of New Westminster.

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Letterpress opens a door to the past A Port Moody graphic artist is keeping the legacy of a famed NewWest resident alive

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The late Jim Rimmer may have been one of New Westminster’s most famous residents. But he didn’t hit a baseball or win the Stanley Cup. Rimmer was renowned for his typography. From his stained-glass lit studio

behind his home on Ninth Street, Rimmer created fonts that set a standard for typographers around the world. He then cast each letter and character into lead blocks that he could use in his collection of ancient typesetting machines and letter presses to print one-sheets, posters and books that were coveted by collectors. Rimmer also designed logos that

became part of our everyday visual landscape: the flowing script for the band Heart; Simon Fraser University; a linocut of a cabin in the woods on tins of Murchie’s tea. When Rimmer passed away on Jan. 8, 2010, he was mourned in the graphic arts and typography world as “a jazz musician with inky fingers.” I met Rimmer in 2004.

He’d just won some sort of international award, which seemed worthy of recognition in the local paper, so I was dispatched with a reporter for an interview and photo shoot. Walking into his orderly studio was like entering Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, but for typography.The walls were adorned with Continued on page 6

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The Queen’s Park heritage conservation area is impacting values of some properties in the neighbourhood – but the city is confident action can be taken to minimize the effects on most property owners. After approving a heritage conservation area (HCA) for the Queen’s Park neighbourhood in June 2017, city council directed staff to do more work to implement the conservation area and assess any impacts of the policy.The city hired Coriolis Consulting to do an economic analysis on the impact of the HCA, focusing on protected properties as they’re the most affected by the policy. Coriolis found the average number of sales per month has been lower in all neighbourhoods since adoption of the HCA, but sales of properties in Queen’s Park dropped more steeply than in other New West neighbourhoods. Coriolis also found that while prices in Queen’s Park continue to rise – and continue to be higher on average than in other areas of the city – the rate of price growth hasn’t been as high as in other

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