[BCMA] Walking Tour: Vancouver’s Granville & West Georgia Streets

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Hello,

Heritage Vancouver is having a Walking Tour July.27th 2013 of 
Vancouver's Granville & West Georgia Streets. If you could please post 
and share the following information that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,
Madeleine Brooks
Heritage Vancouver Volunteer

Vancouver’s Granville Street and central West Georgia Street

Location: Tour begins  at 200 Granville St Plaza and ends under the 
Granville Bridge
Time: Saturday, July 27th  11am – 1 pm
Admission: $15.00; Heritage Vancouver Members $10.00

Join historian and Senior Planner for Downtown Vancouver, Michael 
Gordon in an exploration of two of Vancouver’s most famous streets.  On 
Wednesday, May 15, 1886, Lauchlan Hamilton, a City of Vancouver Aldermen 
and the CPR Land Commissioner began to stake out and survey what would 
become Granville Street and West Georgia Streets. It is still today one 
of Vancouver’s pre-eminent ‘high streets’ reflecting many elements that 
define our city. Our walk will begin at the northern foot of Granville 
Street, the location of the 1st and 2nd CPR train stations overlooking 
the CP rail yards and the port. You will find us on the plaza by the 
entrance to 200 Granville Street that was to become a much larger 
project that would have demolished Gastown buildings between Abbott St 
and Granville St.

We will then walk south on Granville Street and look and hear about the 
street’s history. Important historic Granville Street buildings and key 
events that occurred on the street will be discussed. The past and 
current roles of the street as a transit hub, a shopping street, an 
office, hotel and entertainment district and a cultural and neon mecca 
will also be highlighted. It will also be noted that a key Council 
decision in the early 90’s reduced the permitted height from 300 feet to 
90’ on the blocks south of Robson Street resulting in the retention of 
almost all of the historic buildings that existed on these southerly 
blocks at that time.

We will also observe the historic buildings on West Georgia between 
Seymour St and Burrard St. Our tour will end in the lobby of the Hotel 
Vancouver with memories shared about the days when this part of the 
downtown was an entertainment mecca with a variety of live music venues 
on Hornby and Burrard Streets.

Cheque payment option:
Made out to Heritage Vancouver Society and mailed to: 1020 Denman St., 
PO Box 47036 Denman Place, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E1. Please let us know if 
you've mailed a cheque at events at heritagevancouver.org.

Online payment option:
Register via Eventbrite at hvs-granville-georgia.eventbrite.com
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