The Sun Tower is distinguished by a hexagonal tower that rises seventeen stories above the intersection of West Pender and Beatty streets, capped by a copper-clad dome. Commissioned by newspaper publisher and future mayor L. D. Taylor, it…
Historic Vancouver Landmarks
This walk traces the story of Vancouver from its early saloon days in Gastown and Chinatown's oldest blocks to the soaring Art Deco skyscrapers of the waterfront.
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1. Sun Tower
2. Jack Chow Building
The Jack Chow Building is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the narrowest commercial building in the world. It is a steel-framed structure that measures only six feet deep, a shape that stands out sharply against the…
3. Chinese Canadian Museum
The Chinese Canadian Museum occupies the Wing Sang Building, the oldest brick structure in Vancouver's Chinatown. You can identify it by its historic red-brick facade and its position at fifty-one East Pender Street, where it serves as a…
4. Maple Tree Squares
Maple Tree Square is the intersection where Water, Powell, Alexander, and Carrall streets meet. It is recognized as the birthplace of Vancouver, serving as the spot where John Deighton, famously nicknamed Gassy Jack, opened the Globe…
5. Waterfront station
Waterfront Station is defined by a long, symmetrical red-brick façade fronted by a grand row of smooth, white Ionic columns. Opened in nineteen fourteen, the building was constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway to serve as the western…
6. Marine Building
The Marine Building is a twenty-two-story Art Deco tower at three hundred fifty-five Burrard Street, recognizable by its sea-green terracotta facade and intricate exterior carvings of sea life, zeppelins, and steamships. When it opened in…
7. Guru Nanak Jahaz (Komagata Maru) Memorial
The Guru Nanak Jahaz (Komagata Maru) Memorial in Coal Harbour is composed of steel panels arranged to simulate the hull of a ship. It sits along the seawall near the Vancouver Convention Centre, marking the location where the steamship…
8. Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is defined by its prominent, steep-pitched copper roof, now weathered to a distinctive green patina, and a façade adorned with ornate stone gargoyles. Built in the Châteauesque style, the building stands…
9. Roedde House Museum
Roedde House is a late-Victorian home at fourteen fifteen Barclay Street, identifiable by its Queen Anne Revival style, which features an asymmetrical layout, a prominent cupola, and wrap-around verandas. Built in eighteen ninety-three for…