Heritage activist and community historian Laura Saimoto's engaging presentation to the Vancouver Historical Society on the Rupert-Renfrew neighbourhood of East Vancouver was given to a large crowd at the Italian Cultural Centre.

She highlighted heritage gems of the neighbourhood including the lost streams that feed into the Still Creek and Burnaby Lake watershed, and the Renfrew Heights 1940s returned-servicemen's housing development by the federal government, once referred to by its residents as "The Projects." A number of the "Project Kids" attended the talk and contributed their memories.