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8. Zero-Block West Hastings Street (1900; 1904)

8. Zero-Block West Hastings Street (1900; 1904)

2008

38-68 West Hastings Street The north side of the zero block W. Hastings is one of the city’s most intact historic streetscapes — completely unprotected save the ‘B’-listed Paris Block — a good-news rehabilitation project currently underway. Other...
9. Lower Mount Pleasant – Houses

9. Lower Mount Pleasant – Houses

2008

Houses at 144 E 6th Avenue (1888); 302 & 304 W 6th Avenue (1905 & 1906) & others Shadowed by towering construction cranes above the athletes village languishes remnants of one of Vancouver’s oldest neighbourhoods. The present commercial/industrial area...
10. Heatley Block (1931; Houses 1889 & 1898)

10. Heatley Block (1931; Houses 1889 & 1898)

2008

684 East Hastings Street 405-419 Heatley Street The Heatley Block, a well-loved Strathcona landmark, houses a cluster of local businesses cherished by the neighbourhood. The main structure, built in 1931 at the southwest corner of East Hastings & Heatley, is a...
Introduction – 2007 Top10 Watch List

Introduction – 2007 Top10 Watch List

2007

This is the seventh annual Heritage Vancouver Top10 Endangered Sites, now recognized as the authoritative list of Vancouver’s threatened heritage resources. It is, as always, difficult to keep the list to ten. Back this year in the No. 1 spot is Burrard Bridge, now...
1. Burrard Bridge (1932) (again, for 6th year)

1. Burrard Bridge (1932) (again, for 6th year)

2007

Completed in 1932 to provide a high-level crossing to the western neighbourhoods, Burrard Bridge is a triumph of civic architecture and a key gateway structure. Architects Sharp & Thompson, conscious of the bridge’s ceremonial function, embellished the...