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3. Canterbury House (UBC) (1927) [Lost]

2003

One of Vancouver’s finest examples of the English Arts and Crafts movement. This Voyseyesque design was built for the Anglican Theological College in 1927, two years after development of the UBC Point Grey campus. The building’s landscaped, informal...

4. Hastings Street (Cambie to Main); Pantages Theatre No.1 (1907); Ralph Block; Woodward’s

2003

Once the commercial heart of Vancouver, Hastings Street between Cambie and Main is the city’s best surviving turn-of-the-century streetscape. However, the buildings sit empty, with little or no maintenance. Demolition has left ugly gaps along the street....

5. Beatty Street Drill Hall (1899-1901); Bessborough Armoury (1931-1932)

2003

The Beatty Street Drill Hall, built from 1899 to 1901 as the headquarters of the B.C. Regiment, Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles, is Vancouver’s oldest surviving drill hall. The structure, with its massive brick walls, crenellated turrets and original interiors,...

6. Beatty Street Escarpment; Viaduct Park; CPR Tunnel Portal

2003

The escarpment below Beatty Street is among Downtown’s few remaining natural features and provides a commanding site for the historic Beatty Street Drill Hall. Set into the base of the cliff is a concrete Art Deco portal marking the eastern entrance of the old...

7. Wooden Roller Coaster – PNE Playland (1958)

2003

Playland’s Wooden Roller Coaster is known across North America as one of the best coaster rides going. But if the PNE becomes history the Coaster’s future is bleak. Landscape architects have suggested that it be broken up and used as a garden sculpture in...