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    The Sun Tower is a 17 storey 82 m (269 ft) Beaux-Arts building at 128 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was known for its faux-patina...
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  • The Vancouver Sun, also known as the Sun, is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published...
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    Hotel Vancouver, formerly known as the Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver, is a residential skyscraper and hotel in Downtown Vancouver, British...
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    vibrations. Vancouver's history of skyscrapers began with the Dominion Building (1909), the Sun Tower (1911) (originally named the World Tower, then the...
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  • Building, the tallest building in New York City from 1890 to 1894 Sun Tower, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, known as the World Building until 1924...
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    Vancouver (/vænˈkuːvər/ van-KOO-vər; Canadian French: [vãkuvaɛ̯ʁ]) is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British...
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    (originally the École des Hautes études commerciales), Montreal 1912: Sun Tower, Vancouver 1912: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal 1912: Senate of Canada...
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    17 floors. It was the tallest building in Vancouver until the completion of TD Tower in 1972. Hotel Vancouver sits at 900 West Georgia Street, within the...
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    skyscraperpage. Retrieved 2011-03-03. City of Vancouver's plaque on the building, photo visible here "Sun Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-12-13...
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    Palliser Hotel, Calgary Post Office (now part of Sinclair Centre), Vancouver Sun Tower, Vancouver The Empress, Victoria Thunder Bay Historical Museum, Thunder...
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    Vancouverism is an urban planning and architectural phenomenon in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is characterized by a large residential population...
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  • Confederation Building, Winnipeg Dominion Building, Vancouver Royal Bank Building, Toronto Sun Tower, Vancouver Trader's Bank Building, Toronto Union Bank Building...
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    buildings were built along West Hastings Street, including: Sun Tower Dominion Trust Building Vancouver Stock Exchange The financial district quickly expanded...
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    Vancouver, one of the city's three main areas (the others being East Side and West Side). With a disproportionately high amount of residential towers...
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  • heading to Vancouver International Airport. Royal eponyms in Canada Culbert, Lori (2005-10-27). "Towering plan set for Surrey". Vancouver Sun. Archived...
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    Granville Square is a prominent tower located at 200 Granville Street in the Financial District of the downtown core of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
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    Vancouver Public Library (VPL) is the public library system for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2023, VPL had more than 4.6 million visits...
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    mixed use hotel/residences towers on Georgia Street. List of heritage buildings in Vancouver List of tallest buildings in Vancouver List of tallest buildings...
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  • would later suffer financial difficulty. In 1924, The Vancouver Sun bought The Vancouver World. History of Metropolitan Vancouver City of Vancouver...
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    SkyTrain is the medium-capacity rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has 79.6 km (49.5 mi) of...
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    tallest buildings in Canada), Mississauga has 3), Metro Vancouver has 24 (Burnaby 13, Vancouver 8, Surrey 1, Coquitlam 1, New Westminster 1) Calgary has...
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  • 360 Restaurant, Calgary Tower, Calgary British Columbia Cloud 9 Revolving Restaurant & Lounge, Empire Landmark Hotel, Vancouver (closed in 2017; building...
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    Vancouver General Hospital (locally known as VGH, or Vancouver General) is a medical facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the largest...
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    Rogers Arena (category Music venues in Vancouver)
    As of June 2016, the first tower is completed, with the second tower nearing completion. October 9, 1995 – First Vancouver Canucks game at the arena,...
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    that connects Chinatown, Vancouver, Gastown, and Yaletown/Stadium District. Notable landmarks include the historic Sun Tower and a row of heritage high-rise...
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    work attributed to him, the World Building (now Sun Tower) of Vancouver. Another highly successful Vancouver architect of the era, George L.T. Sharp (1880–1974)...
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    railroad". Vancouver Daily Province. "Park Tree's Loss Stirs Memories". Vancouver Sun. 10 August 1965. "Park Still Feels Frieda's Punch". Vancouver Sun. 6 August...
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    spent being curious about Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-14. Proposed tower twists from triangle to...
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    Howe (Vancouver House) tower in Vancouver & Mixed-Use Tower in Vancouver, (Vancouver House) in the category ‘Tall Buildings’. 2015: Vancouver House is...
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