Burrard Street is a major thoroughfare in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the central street of Downtown Vancouver and the Financial District. The street is named for Burrard Inlet, located at its northern terminus, which in turn is named for Sir Harry Burrard-Neale.
The street
starts at Canada Place near the Burrard Inlet, then runs southwest
through downtown Vancouver. It crosses False Creek via the Burrard
Bridge. South of False Creek, on what used to be called Cedar Street before the completion of the bridge in 1932, the street runs due south until the intersection with West 16th Avenue.
The intersection of Burrard Street and Georgia Street
is considered to be the centrepoint of Downtown Vancouver, along with
the more tourist-oriented and upscale shopping-spirited intersection of
Burrard Street and Robson Street
to the south. At and due northeast of the centre is the heart of the
Financial District. Further down closer to Vancouver Harbour stands the
historic Marine Building, an Art Deco masterpiece, opened in 1930, two
years before the Art Deco pylons of the Burrard Bridge at the opposite
end of the street. Finally at the Harbour lies Canada Place and the
Vancouver Convention Centre.
Nearer to Burrard Bridge is located St. Paul's Hospital, established on Burrard Street in 1894.
Burrard
Street served as the dividing line between the two district lots laid
out on the downtown peninsula in the second half of the 19th century:
District Lot 185 (now West End) and District Lot 541 (granted to the
Canadian Pacific Railway). The two grids were oriented differently, with
the result that only every third northwest-southeast street in DL185
actually continuing southeast beyond Burrard into DL541. Burrard
currently serves as the boundary between West End and Downtown, as
defined by the City of Vancouver.
Burrard Street is served by
SkyTrain's Burrard Station, located underground between the
intersections with Melville and Dunsmuir Streets in the heart of the
Financial District. Along the downtown portion, there is a bike lane on
the southwest-bound direction towards the Burrard Bridge.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
On Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver. Autumn of 2018.
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