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9 unusual facts about Granville Street


Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia

The CPR also started the Shaughnessy Heights project of upscale estates, on a knoll at South Granville Street overlooking the city.

Granville Street

Also, Otis writes that "once dominated by movie theatres, pinball arcades, and sex shops Downtown Granville is being replaced by nightclubs and bars, as ...it transforms into a booze-based 'Entertainment District'." In April 2005, Capitol 6, a beloved 1920s-era movie theatre complex (built in 1921 and restored and reopened in 1977) closed its doors (Chapman).

Henry John Cambie

I had to lay the first sidewalk on Georgia at my own expense, as the city would not do it, and when I got the telephone the company dunned me for more than a year to pay for the poles from Granville Street down to my place, as they told me that no one else in that generation would ever go to live west of Granville Street.

Jim Chu

Chu assumed command of the department on August 14, the day police fatally shot a violent man on Granville Street.

Marpole Loop

It is on Southwest Marine Drive, just south of Granville Street, one of Vancouver's major north-south arterial routes.

Nathaniel Milljour

His gig poster artwork is usually a staple in downtown Vancouver, predominantly on the heavily postered Granville Street.

Pacific Centre

The City of Vancouver has approved an expansion of Pacific Centre, including retail premises that will extend to the street on both sides of West Georgia Street, and a link connecting the shopping centre to the new Vancouver City Centre rapid transit station on Granville Street.

Shaughnessy Elementary School

It is located at 4250 Marguerite Street, near King Edward Avenue and Granville Street.

Vogue Theatre

Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver on 918 Granville Street, the Vogue Theatre has been one of the defining architectural achievements in Vancouver since its opening in 1941.


2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot

Riot police eventually managed to push the rioters away from Georgia, onto Granville Street and Robson Street, where the rioters then caused further substantial damage, breaking the windows of several shops and looting, such as a Future Shop, a Sears and a Chapters bookstore.


see also

North Carolina Highway 308

Established in 1933 as a new primary routing, it went from US 258/NC 12, near Rich Square, to NC 30 (today's US 13 Business), at Granville Street in Windsor.