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Burrard currently serves as the boundary between West End and Downtown, as defined by the City of Vancouver. [5] Burrard Street is served by SkyTrain's Burrard Station, located underground between the intersections with Melville and Dunsmuir Streets in the heart of the Financial District. Along the downtown portion, there is a bike lane on the ...
The Burrard Street Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Burrard Bridge) is a four-lane, Art Deco style, steel truss bridge constructed in 1930–1932 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The high, five part bridge on four piers spans False Creek , connecting downtown Vancouver with Kitsilano via connections to Burrard Street ...
Coal Harbour is used to designate the relatively new official neighbourhood of the City of Vancouver bounded by roughly Burrard Street and Pender near the Financial District to West Georgia Street near the West End in the south to Stanley Park in the north. The neighbourhood consists of numerous high-rise residential apartment and condominium ...
The Burrard Street Journal (or BSJ) is an online satire news website based in Vancouver, BC. [2] The site gained notoriety in August 2016 after a number of websites reported a BSJ article about then President Obama moving to Canada as fact. [3] [4] Many other Burrard Street Journal articles and videos have been reported as real news.
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The site selected was a plot of unused land at the south end of the recently completed Burrard Street Bridge. The address was fixed at 1650 on what had been called Cedar Street but upon completion of the bridge Cedar Street became Burrard Street. Work began in 1935 and construction was finished in 1936. The Armoury was opened on 26 August 1936.
Yesterday morning, His Worship Mayor W.H. Malkin blew a blast on a golden whistle and with it set in motion the steam shovel that will excavate the site for the new Burrard Street Marine skyscraper. The building was completed on 7 October 1930. At 97.8 metres (321 ft) (22 floors) it was the tallest skyscraper in the city until 1939. [5]
Many families were placed on a barge and towed to other communities in the Burrard Inlet area. [4] In 2001, a settlement was agreed between the courts and the Squamish Nation for the return of 11.7 acres (4.7 ha) of land, coming from the land possessed by the CPR, located near Vanier Park, underneath Burrard Street Bridge. [5] [6]