Georgia Street is an east–west street in the cities of Vancouver and Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Its section in Downtown Vancouver, designated West Georgia Street, serves as one of the primary streets for the financial and central business districts, and is the major
transportation corridor connecting downtown Vancouver with the North
Shore (and eventually Whistler) by way of the Lions Gate Bridge. The
remainder of the street, known as East Georgia Street between Main Street and Boundary Road and simply Georgia Street within Burnaby, is more residential in character, and is discontinuous at several points.
West of Seymour Street, the thoroughfare is part of Highway 99. The entire section west of Main Street was previously designated part of Highway 1A, and markers for the '1A' designation can still be seen at certain points.
Starting
from its western terminus at Chilco Street by the edge of Stanley Park,
Georgia Street runs southeast, separating the West End from the Coal
Harbour neighbourhood. It then runs through the Financial District;
landmarks and major skyscrapers along the way include Living Shangri-La
(the city's tallest building), Trump International Hotel and Tower,
Royal Centre, 666 Burrard tower, Hotel Vancouver and upscale shops, the
HSBC Canada Building, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Georgia Hotel, Four
Seasons Hotel, Pacific Centre, the Granville Entertainment District,
Scotia Tower, and the Canada Post headquarters. The eastern portion of
West Georgia features the Theatre District (including Queen Elizabeth
Theatre and the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts), Library
Square (the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library), Rogers
Arena, and BC Place. West Georgia's centre lane between Pender Street
and Stanley Park is used as a counterflow lane.
East of Cambie
Street, Georgia Street becomes a one-way street for eastbound traffic,
and connects to the Georgia Viaduct for eastbound travellers only;
westbound traffic is handled by Dunsmuir Street and the Dunsmuir
Viaduct, located one block to the north.
East Georgia Street
begins at the intersection with Main Street in Vancouver's Chinatown,
then runs eastwards through Strathcona, Grandview–Woodland and
Hastings–Sunrise to Boundary Road. East of the municipal boundary,
Georgia Street continues eastwards through Burnaby until its terminus at
Grove Avenue in the Lochdale neighbourhood. This portion of Georgia
Street is interrupted at several locations, such as Templeton Secondary
School, Highway 1 and Kensington Park.
Georgia Street was named
in 1886 after the Strait of Georgia, and ran between Chilco and Beatty
Streets. After the first Georgia Viaduct opened in 1915, the street's
eastern end was connected to Harris Street, and Harris Street was
subsequently renamed East Georgia Street.
The second Georgia
Viaduct, opened in 1972, connects to Prior Street at its eastern end
instead. As a result, East Georgia Street has been disconnected from
West Georgia ever since.
On June 15, 2011 Georgia Street became the focal point of the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
On Georgia Street in Downtown Vancouver. Summer of 2018.
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