heritage I by Belinda Bruce Versatile Diversified: A Salute to S h Developers plan t o transform the o l d shipyards into a sprawling mecca of commercial a n d residential structures including centre. Entire s u b d i v i s i o n s c r o p p e d u p in N o r t h V a n c o u v e r t o house the workforce.In the decades following, shipbuilding s a w a g r a d u a l d e c l i n e , b u t its i m p a c t is u n d e n i a b l e . condos, office buildings a n d a hotel a n d conference A l t h o u g h the C a p e Breton a n d s o m e buildings will remain, people m a y forget t h e importance of a n industry that shaped m a n y lives a l o n g t h e N o r t h S h o r e . " T h e V e r s a t i l e S h i p y a r d is a n i c o n o f o u r t r u e h e r i t a g e . S e c o n d Story m e m b e r Edith Warner. says Motivated by this looming shift in t h e a r c h i t e c t u r a l and T h e S e c o n d S t o r y A r t G r o u p is m a d e u p o f 1 2 l o c a l a r t i s t s w h o s e w o r k is d i v e r s i f i e d a n d i n c l u d e s a r a n g e o f m e d i u m s f r o m realistic t o a b s t r a c t in t w o a n d t h r e e - d i m e n s i o n a l w o r k s . F o r t h i s p r o j e c t , a p t l y n a m e d Versatile psychological landscape, S e c o n d Story A r t G r o u p has created a series of w o r k s t o memorialize the shipyards a n d their c o n t r i b u t i o n t o N o r t h S h o r e society. A t its p e a k d u r i n g W o r l d W a r II, V e r s a t i l e S h i p y a r d s (once Diversified, t h e artists c h o s e t o w o r k in o i l , acrylic a n d m i x e d m e d i a . k n o w n as t h e B u r r a r d D r y D o c k s ) e m p l o y e d o v e r 1 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e a n d p r o d u c e d 1 0 9 o f t h e 3 1 2 V i c t o r y Ships built in C a n a d a . E a c h artist h a s s o m e c o n n e c t i o n t o t h e s h i p y a r d s . O n e m e m b e r remembered a parent w h o w o r k e d there a n d w a s able to July I A u g u s t