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3. Main Post Office (1953-58)

3. Main Post Office (1953-58)

2013

349 West Georgia Street The opening of the Main Post Office (1953-58) marked the beginning of Vancouver’s development as a regional centre in the postwar era. At the time, it was one of the largest Federal Government buildings in western Canada. This massive building...
4. Vancouver Schools: L’Ecole Bilingue (Cecil Rhodes)

4. Vancouver Schools: L’Ecole Bilingue (Cecil Rhodes)

2013

The Cecil Rhodes Public School building, known since 1977 as “L’Ecole Bilingue”, has recently been condemned to “seismic replacement”. The building is located in Fairview, on 14th Avenue at Alder Street, and was designed by the Vancouver School Board architect Norman...
5. Delamont Park – Kitsilano’s oldest remaining houses

5. Delamont Park – Kitsilano’s oldest remaining houses

2013

This unique collection of 22 city-owned pre-WW1 houses, plus several privately owned residences, forms Kitsilano’s oldest predominantly intact neighbourhood. Tucked along the alignment of the old CP Rail line (also known as the Arbutus Corridor), the future of this...
6. St. Paul’s Hospital – Burrard Building

6. St. Paul’s Hospital – Burrard Building

2013

The historic Burrard Building at St Paul’s Hospital is in a state of decay. Though the Provincial Government has indicated support for the St. Paul’s Hospital redevelopment and secure future viability of the Hospital, it has not as yet advanced any capital funds, and...
7. The Waldorf Hotel (1947-48)

7. The Waldorf Hotel (1947-48)

2013

1489 Hastings Street East The Waldorf Hotel was the centre of a blitz of social media this year, as news of its sale and the loss of its cultural programming hit a raw nerve in Vancouver’s cultural and artistic communities. Was this the beginning of the end for East...