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In 1895, streetcar tracks were laid down the street, supporting a concentration of shops and restaurants. From the early to middle-late 20th century, and especially after significant immigration from postwar Germany, the northwest end of Robson Street was known as a centre of German culture and commerce in Vancouver, earning the nickname Robsonstrasse, even among non-Germans (this name lives ...
The Dominion Building (originally Dominion Trust Building) is a commercial building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Located on the edge of Gastown (207 West Hastings St), it was Vancouver's first steel-framed high-rise. [4]
Robson Square Street share space in 2018 Summer. The British Columbia Centre was a development proposal slated to be completed by 1975. At 208 metres (682 feet), it would have been the tallest skyscraper in the city (and taller by just 7 meters) than the Living Shangri-La, (which currently holds the record).
The Hilton Vancouver Downtown is a hotel in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. It is located in the Yaletown neighbourhood at the intersection of Homer Street and Robson Street. It was built in 1999 as The Westin Grand, Vancouver and was rebranded as a Hilton in January 2021. [2] [3]
The tallest building in Vancouver is the 62-storey, 201 m (659 ft) Living Shangri-La; [5] the building represents the city's efforts to add visual interest into Vancouver's skyline. [6] The recently completed Paradox Hotel Vancouver , also known as Vancouver's Turn , is now the city's second tallest building, at 188 metres (616 ft). [ 7 ]
The Sheraton-Landmark Hotel was designed in the then-popular brutalist style by architect Ross Lort and built by Vancouver businessman Ben Wosk, at a cost of $12 million, [1] by the oldest construction company on the West Coast, Smith Bros. & Wilson. Upon completion in 1973, it was the third tallest building in Vancouver at 120.1 m (394 ft) and ...
TELUS Garden is a 1,000,000 square foot office mixed-use redevelopment, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The two buildings incorporate office, retail and residential space. Of the 488,000 square feet of office space, approximately 212,000 square feet will be for Telus.
Vancouver City Centre is an underground station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Granville Street, between West Georgia Street and Robson Street in Downtown Vancouver, and serves the shopping and entertainment districts along Granville and Robson streets, and the office and shopping complexes of Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre.