Vancouver - Downtown - Central

geomorph · #1 Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 12:34 AM**

Vancouver is the 8th largest city in Canada by population (630,000) and is the largest city of the Greater Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area in British Columbia (containing 2,460,000, the 3rd largest in Canada).

Downtown is located on a peninsula surrounded on three sides by Vancouver Harbour, English Bay, and False Creek. I will define Downtown as including the adjacent districts on the peninsula of Central, Coal Harbour, Davie Village, Gastown, West End, and Yaletown.

This thread will focus on the central area of downtown, generally a few blocks away from any of the waterfronts; it will include skylines and streetscapes:

Historic buildings and streetscapes:

Vancouver Art Gallery:

The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver:

Marine Building:

A selection of buildings from the latter half of the 20th century:

Central Branch of Vancouver Public Library:

Modern plazas, streetscapes, and skylines:

Contemporary highrises:

All photos taken by geomorph in 2017.

For my other Vancouver threads, see:

Downtown - Coal Harbour Waterfront: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...81#post8136081

Downtown - More Central, and Yaletown Waterfront: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...64#post8167764

Eastern False Creek Area: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...86#post8181586

University of British Columbia Area: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=232367

pwright1 · #2 Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 1:28 PM**

Absolutely beautiful of one of my favorite cities. The architecture is truly a work of art, old and new. For people who think it's all glass boxes, you are totally mistaken. Thank you for this fantastic tour.

subterranean · #3 Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 4:02 PM**

I can't believe I've been in the PNW for 3 years and I haven't been there yet.

That art deco beauty reminds me of some of the buildings in Detroit (Guardian, Fisher, etc.)

Thanks for the photos. Really well done.

EastSideHBG · #4 Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 2:15 PM**

Nice!

OhioGuy · #5 Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 3:48 PM**

Love the Art Deco and the library is great too! Plenty to appreciate in these photos!

geomorph · #6 Posted **Mar 31, 2018, 8:23 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

Love the Art Deco and the library is great too! Plenty to appreciate in these photos!

Here are a few more deco details from the Marine Building:

All photos taken by geomorph in 2017.