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Completed in 1932
to provide a high-level crossing to the western neighbourhoods,
the bridge is a triumph of civic architecture and a
key gateway structure.
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152 East Hastings Street
Once the commercial heart
of Vancouver, East Hastings Street between Cambie and
Main is the city's best surviving turn-of-the-century
streetscape. However, he buildings are empty, upkeep
and maintenance is minimal or non-existent and demolition
has left ugly gaps along the street.
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PNE Playland
Playland's
Wooden Roller Coaster is known across North America
as one of the best coaster rides going, but when the
PNE picks up and leaves Hastings Park the coaster's
future is bleak.
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243 East 5th Avenue, Mount Pleasant
The Clark House in Mount Pleasant, on 5th just east of Main
street, is the oldest home in Vancouver. As the assessment records
and city directories compiled in 1888 indicate, at that
time the Clark House was one of the only homes south
of False Creek.
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North Vancouver waterfront, foot of Lonsdale Avenue
Built in 1941, Ferry No. 5 was the last of five ferries built for the Burrard
Inlet service between the foot of Columbia Street and
Lonsdale. After the ferry service was discontinued in
1958, the vessel was converted for use as the Seven
Seas seafood restaurant and remained berthed within
metres of its original landing site at the foot of Lonsdale.
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30 Water Street, Gastown
Constructed on Water Street just after the Great Fire
in 1886, the Terminus Hotel is a Gastown landmark and
one of the oldest buildings in the city.
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West 2nd Ave & Quebec
Time continues its work
on the heavy timber construction, pitched roof and rooftop
lantern vents that make this one of the best remaining
examples of turn-of-the-century industrial architecture
in the city.
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Beatty/Georgia Streets, NE corner
The escarpment
below Beatty Street is among the few remaining natural
features in the downtown and provides a commanding site
for the historic Beatty Street Drill Hall.
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85 West 1st Avenue near Manitoba
With the pending redevelopment of Opsal Steel, the Domtar
Salt building is likely to be the last remaining piece
of industrial heritage in the southeast False Creek area.
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1100 block Georgia Street
This has been the First Church
of Christ, Scientist since its construction. The design
is Second Renaissance Revival and the interior is an
intact music hall, with an organ of classical design
as the centerpiece of the church.
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