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8. Terminus Hotel (1886) (again)

8. Terminus Hotel (1886) (again)

2003

Located in Gastown on Water Street, this building was constructed just after the 1886 Great Fire, and is a Gastown ladmark, and one of the oldest buildings in the city. In March 1998, a tragic fire destroyed all but the brick bay-windowed facade, now propped up by a...
9. Main Street: 900 to 1000 Block

9. Main Street: 900 to 1000 Block

2003

An isolated vestige of early development still exists south of the Georgia Viaduct, featuring everything from miraculously intact wooden boomtown structures to substantial brick and masonry buildings. When Westminster Avenue (now Main Street) and Westminster Road...
10. Jericho Beach Marginal Wharf [Lost]

10. Jericho Beach Marginal Wharf [Lost]

2003

This is one of the last vestiges of the Jericho Seaplane Base, a hive of activity during WWII. In 1976, shortly after transfer to the city, the base briefly sprung to life as Habitat Forum, with railings for the wharf provided by the 1938 guard rails from the Lions...
1. Burrard Bridge (1932)

1. Burrard Bridge (1932)

2002

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. Architects Sharp and Thompson, conscious of the bridge’s ceremonial gateway function, embellished the...