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2. Hastings Street: Cambie to Main; Pantages Theatre No.1 (1907)

2002

Once the commercial heart of Vancouver, East Hastings Street between Cambie and Main is the city’s best surviving turn-of-the-century streetscape. However, he buildings are empty, upkeep and maintenance is minimal or non-existent and demolition has left ugly...

3. Wooden Roller Coaster – PNE Playland (1958)

2002

Playland’s Wooden Roller Coaster is known across North America as one of the best coaster rides going, but when the PNE picks up and leaves Hastings Park the coaster’s future is bleak. Landscape architects have suggested that it be broken up and used as...

4. Clark House (1888-1889)

2002

The Clark House in Mount Pleasant, on 5th Avenue just east of Main street, is the oldest home in Vancouver. In 1888, Mount Pleasant was established as the first Vancouver neighbourhood outside of the downtown core. As the assessment records and city directories...

5. North Vancouver Ferry No. 5 (1941) [Lost]

2002

Built in 1941, Ferry No. 5 was the last of five ferries built for the Burrard Inlet service between the foot of Columbia Street and Lonsdale. After the ferry service was discontinued in 1958, the vessel was converted for use as the Seven Seas seafood restaurant and...

6. Terminus Hotel (1886)

2002

Constructed on Water Street just after the Great Fire in 1886, the Terminus Hotel is a Gastown landmark and one of the oldest buildings in the city. In March 1998, a tragic fire destroyed all but the brick, bay-windowed facade, which was propped up by a steel frame in...