Robson Street is a major southeast-northwest thoroughfare in downtown
and West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its core commercial
blocks from Burrard Street to Jervis were also known as Robsonstrasse.
Its name honours John Robson, a major figure in British Columbia's
entry into the Canadian Confederation, and Premier of the province from
1889 to 1892. Robson Street starts at BC Place Stadium near the north
shore of False Creek, then runs northwest past Vancouver Library Square,
Robson Square and the Vancouver Art Gallery, coming to an end at Lost
Lagoon in Stanley Park.
As of 2006, the city of Vancouver overall
had the fifth most expensive retail rental rates in the world,
averaging US$135 per square foot per year, citywide. Robson Street tops
Vancouver with its most expensive locations renting for up to US$200 per
square foot per year. In 2006, both Robson Street and the Mink Mile on
Bloor Street in Toronto were the 22nd most expensive streets in the
world, with rents of $208 per square feet. In 2007, the Mink Mile and
Robson slipped to 25th in the world with an average of $198 per square
feet. The price of each continues to grow with Vancouver being
Burberry's first Canadian location and Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood
(which is bounded on the south side by Bloor) now commanding rents of
$300 per square foot.
In 1895, train tracks were laid down the
street, supporting a concentration of shops and restaurants. From the
early to middle-late 20th century, and especially after significant
immigration from postwar Germany, the northwest end of Robson Street was
known as a centre of German culture and commerce in Vancouver, earning
the nickname Robsonstrasse, even among non-Germans (this name lives on
in the Robsonstrasse Hotel on the street). At one time, the city had
placed streetsigns reading "Robsonstrasse" though these were placed
after the German presence in the area had largely vanished.
Robson Street was featured on an old edition of the Canadian Monopoly board as one of the two most expensive properties.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
On Robson Street in Downtown Vancouver. Summer of 2018.
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