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White Rock Pier is a 470-metre-long (1,540 ft) pier in White Rock, British Columbia.The pier has a sign identifying it as Canada's longest pier. However, the title is disputed with the Quai de Portneuf in Portneuf, Quebec, [1] which is built in the same manner as the longer causeway at the nearby Tsawwassen ferry terminal.
According to the architects, McCarter & Nairne, the building was intended to evoke "some great crag rising from the sea, clinging with sea flora and fauna, tinted in sea-green, touched with gold." [ 6 ] The building cost $2.3 million to build – $1.1 million over budget—but due to the Great Depression it was sold to the Guinness family of ...
The Pont du Gard (c.19 BC), Nîmes; 3 rows of piers with arches springing from them to support the bridge. A pier, in architecture, is an upright support for a structure or superstructure such as an arch or bridge. Sections of structural walls between openings (bays) can function as piers.
On April 15, 1957, a special warrant from the Government of British Columbia created the City of White Rock within its present boundary. In the 1950s, Peace Arch Hospital opened and continues as a major employer in the city and health facility for the region. Development was concentrated near the waterfront until the 1960s and 1970s.
The building was designed by architects Zeidler Roberts Partnership in joint venture with Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and DA Architects + Planners. Canada Place is accessed via West Cordova Street and near Waterfront Station , a major transit hub with SkyTrain , SeaBus , and West Coast Express connections.
Pier, a raised structure over a body of water; Pier (architecture), an architectural support; Piers (name), a given name and surname (including lists of people with the name) Piers baronets, two titles, in the baronetages of Ireland and Nova Scotia; Piers Island, British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia Penitentiary cell blocks, New Westminster, 1904-1914. British Columbia Courthouse (now home to the Vancouver Art Gallery), 1906, designed by Francis Rattenbury. Hotel Europe, 1909, a prominent flatiron-style building in Gastown. St. Paul's Hospital Burrard wing, 1913, Renaissance Revival style.
Ballantyne Pier (also called the Ballantyne Cruise Terminal) was a commercial and passenger dock of the Port of Vancouver, Canada, located at 851 Centennial Road. It sat at the west side of Rogers Sugar across the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks from Powell Street. Passenger terminal access was via Clark Drive or McGill Street Overpass only.