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7. West Hastings Street: 100-Block

2007

Once the commercial heart of Vancouver, the south side of East Hastings between Cambie and Carrall is one of the city’s best surviving turn-of-the-century streetscapes, with ten Register buildings, including the former Carter-Cotton (later Province newspaper)...

8. St. Paul’s Hospital

2007

Political debate continues to boil around the issue of whether or not St. Paul’s Hospital should be moved from its original site in downtown Vancouver to a completely different location in the False Creek Flats. If so, what happens to the venerable red brick hospital...

9. Vogue Theatre

2007

Heritage Vancouver continues to be concerned about the future of the Vogue Theatre – our civic treasure that is both a Vancouver Heritage Register A-listed building and a National Historic Site. This 1940 landmark, designed for the Odeon chain by architects Kaplan...

10. Old Japantown: Powell, Alexander & Vicinity

2007

It seems as if Japantown is fading away — without anyone caring or noticing. This distinctive area, centred on the 300-400 blocks of Powell Street, was the community’s historical centre. Thriving businesses lined these blocks. One landmark, the Tamura Building, also...

Introduction – 2006 Top10 Watch List

2006

This year marks publication of the sixth annual Heritage Vancouver Top Ten Endangered Sites. Since its inception, our Top10 list has been recognized as the authoritative overview of the city’s threatened heritage resources. It is, sadly, always difficult to keep...