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The Bowell McLean (BowMac) car dealership on West Broadway in Vancouver erected the sign above the business in 1958. The orange sign was covered with hundreds of bulbs and neon lights. It was the largest illuminated structure in Vancouver other than the BC Electric Building downtown and recognized as North America's largest freestanding sign.
SkyTrain system map. The Vancouver SkyTrain is a three-line urban mass transit system in the metropolitan area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, managed by TransLink.The Expo Line was built for the Expo 86 World's Fair; [1] the Millennium Line opened in 2002, [2] followed by the Canada Line in 2009, which was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics. [3]
Soon the Lougheed Mall section was improved to 15-minute headway. Today the 99 B-Line operates on a 2-minute headway in the morning peak direction, with a 4.5 minute day base headway. In the late 1990s, the British Columbia government approved the construction of a new SkyTrain line called the Millennium Line. This new line replaced the eastern ...
Broadway was created at the turn of the 20th century, along with other gridded roads south of False Creek, to meet the needs of an expanding population in Vancouver.The name of the route was changed from 9th Avenue to Broadway in 1909, [3] at the behest of merchants around Main Street (at that time the hub of Vancouver commerce), who felt that it bestowed a more cosmopolitan air.
Commercial–Broadway Station Commercial–Broadway Broadway–City Hall [B-LINE] [LIMITED] Trips starting or ending at Burnaby Transit Centre continue along Broadway and serve Boundary Loop [71] [72] 100 Marpole Marpole Loop: 22nd Street Station: Marine Drive 22nd Street: Hourly trips operate via Willard Street and Trapp Road in New Westminster
Commercial–Broadway station is a merger of two existing stations: Broadway station on the Expo Line and Commercial Drive station on the Millennium Line. Broadway station opened on December 11, 1985, as part of the original Expo Line. It was designed by architecture firm Allen Parker and Associates, who were also responsible for Burrard ...
Broadway–City Hall is served by a single entrance at the southeast corner of Cambie Street and West Broadway. [6] The 99 B-Line to Commercial–Broadway station stops in front of this entrance. The Crossroads development at the northwest corner of Cambie Street and West Broadway was required by the City of Vancouver to provide space for an ...
A Nordstrom store opened in its former space in 2015. The City of Vancouver approved a 53,700-square-metre (578,000 sq ft) expansion of Pacific Centre, including retail premises that will extend to the street on both sides of West Georgia Street, and a direct link connecting the shopping centre with the new Vancouver City Centre SkyTrain ...