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Downtown and West End buildings inventory photographs

Series consists of images which systematically and comprehensively document the whole of Vancouver's central commercial area, along the waterfront from Cardero to Carrall, narrowing southward to False Creek (Thurlow to Richards at the southernmost point). Photographed in August 1981 (as an internship or work experience project) to provide a reference resource in the preparation for the Vancouver Coreplan. Images are generally 45 degree views of buildings, often from block corners. Arranged in a devised image block numbering scheme (individual image numbers reflect that organization).

Vancouver (B.C.). Planning Department

Plan of proposed underground convenience for Vancouver

Item is an architectural drawing depicting the plan for an underground public restroom. The drawing includes cross-sections. The drawing may have been used for reference purposes, or submitted to show supplied equipment associated with a design completed by the Engineering Department.

Walter Macfarlane & Co. Saracen Foundry

Building density

Item is a map showing building density by floor space ratio for the downtown area bounded by Burrard Street, Robson Street, and Nicola Street in the west and Main Street in the east.

Age of buildings : Oak Street to Main Street and 6th Avenue/2nd Avenue to Broadway

Annotations show date of construction of buildings for the area bounded by Oak Street, Main Street, 6th and 2nd Avenues, and Broadway. Base map extends north to Davie Street at Hornby Street in the northwest and Union Street at Main Street in the northeast. The area extending from Yukon Street to Main Street and 6th Avenue to Broadway is outlined; the significance of the outline is unknown.

1954 : Age of buildings : Maps 20 and 21 : Downtown and West End

Sheet shows date of construction of buildings for the area bounded by Beach Avenue, Hastings Street, Lagoon Drive, and Burrard Street. A dotted line runs along a portion of the map, but the significance of the line is unknown. An annotation at the right edge of the map reads: "other half of "Age of buildings" map."

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