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Architectural Walking Tour – Gastown
August 16, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Through its summer walking tour program, the AIBC offers stunning architectural perspectives of six Vancouver neighbourhoods. For locals and tourists alike, these fun tours are a unique and engaging way to learn more about the history of Vancouver. Book your tour at aibc.ca/tours.
Starting out as a handful of frontier-style saloons and hotels catering to Hastings Mill workers, the newly incorporated City of Vancouver grew quickly after the “Great Fire of 1886” and the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1887.
Explore how building scale and street layout offer clues to the expansion and relocation of the downtown centre from Gastown to its current location. See how heritage restoration and preservation guidelines and initiatives set up in the 1970s have transformed and renewed this historical part of Vancouver. Learn how Vancouver has preserved the most historic part of our city, making it one of our most popular tourist destinations.
Meet your guide: inside the lobby of The Architecture Centre, 440 Cambie Street