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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