Captain George Vancouver was a British officer of the Royal Navy best known for his 1791–95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the American states of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, as well as the province of British Columbia in Canada. He also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.
The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, formerly and commonly referred to as the Hotel Vancouver, is a historic hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. Located along West Georgia Street the hotel is situated within the city's Financial District, in Downtown Vancouver. The hotel was designed by two architects, John Smith Archibald, and John Schofield. The hotel is presently managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
Hotel Georgia is a 12 story historic hotel located at 801 West Georgia Street in the city's downtown core of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Hotel Europe is a six-story heritage building located at 43 Powell Street in the Gastown area of Vancouver, British Columbia. The building was commissioned by hotelier Angelo Calori and built in 1908-1909 by Parr and Fee Architects. Situated on a triangular lot, the building is designed in the flatiron style. It was the first reinforced concrete structure to be built in Canada and the earliest fireproof hotel in Western Canada. Contractors had to be brought in from Cincinnati, Ohio for the necessary expertise; the Ferro-Concrete Construction Company began this project six years after constructing the first tall concrete building in the world.
The Sylvia Hotel is a historic Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada landmark. Located at 1154 Gilford Street on English Bay near Stanley Park. Constructed in 1912, the Sylvia was designed as an apartment building by Mr. W.P. White, a Seattle architect. It was built by Booker, Campbell and Whipple Construction Company for a Mr. Goldstein, who had a daughter named Sylvia. During the Depression the Sylvia Court Apartments fell on hard times, and in 1936 the building was converted into an apartment hotel. With the advent of World War II, many of the suites were converted to rooms, in order to provide accommodation for crews of the merchant marine.
Living Shangri-la is a mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is the tallest building in the city and province. The 62-storey Shangri-La tower contains a 5-star hotel and its offices on the first 15 floors, with condominium apartment units occupying the rest of the tower. The building's podium complex also includes a spa, Urban Fare specialty grocery store, a Vancouver Art Gallery public display, and a curated public sculpture garden. The high-rise stands 201.2 m (660 ft) tall and there is a private roof garden on floor 61. It is the 33rd tallest building in Canada.
Kumoricon is an annual three-day anime convention held during October at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The name of the convention comes from the Japanese word Kumori (曇り), meaning cloudy. Kumoricon is run by a volunteer staff and was previously held in Vancouver, Washington at the Hilton Vancouver Washington/Red Lion Vancouver at the Quay.
Coast Hotels is a mid-range hotel chain in western North America with over 37 hotels and resorts in the US states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Northwest Territories and Yukon. The chain has been a subsidiary of the Japan-based APA Group since 2016.
Empire Landmark Hotel, often still referred to by its original name, the Sheraton Landmark, was the tallest free standing hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It also housed, Cloud 9, one of two of Vancouver's revolving restaurants, the other being the Harbour Centre revolving restaurant. The Building was revolutionary as it has a revolving top/restaurant. It was built by the oldest construction company on the West Coast SBW otherwise known as Smith Brothers and Wilson. The building and its restaurant was closed on September 30, 2017 and the building later to be demolished. The location will be replaced by two shorter residential buildings.
The Vancouver Island Ranges, formerly called the Vancouver Island Mountains, are a mountain range extending along the length of Vancouver Island which has an area of 31,788 km² (12,273 sq; mi). The Vancouver Island Ranges comprise the central and largest part of the island. The Geological Survey of Canada refers to Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the Alaska Panhandle as the Insular Belt including the sea floor out to 100 km (62 mi) west of Vancouver Island. The Vancouver Island Ranges are a sub-range of the Insular Mountains.
The Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver is a skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 63-storey, 187.8-metre (616 ft), mixed-use tower is located at 1151 West Georgia Street, and was completed in 2016. The Trump Tower is the second tallest building in the city, after the Shangri-La tower located across West Georgia Street.
Parr and Fee was an architectural partnership in Vancouver, Canada that functioned from 1899 to 1912.
William Tuff Whiteway (1856–1940) was a Canadian architect best known for his work in the early 1900s in Vancouver, although he received commissions in various parts of the United States and Canada during his peripatetic career.
The Sutton Place is a luxury hotel in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. The hotel is owned by Northland Properties and managed by the Sutton Place Hotel Company (SP).
Metropolitan Vancouver Hotel is a hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The hotel has 197 rooms and 7,600 square foot of conference and banquet rooms, and its restaurant, Diva, is critically acclaimed, and is headed by chef Dino Renaerts. The hotel, located between the financial district and the shopping area of Downtown Vancouver, is popular with businessmen. The decor is French-inspired, with dark wood beams and high ceilings.
Alberni Street is a road in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Previously considered a non-descript commercial street, in the 2010s the street has been transformed into a center for fine restaurants as well as a recent influx of high-end luxury retail stores, beginning with a flagship store for De Beers diamonds that opened in 2013, and now including flagship stores and boutiques for numerous other luxury brands.
Parq Vancouver is a mixed-use development located adjacent to BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia. The three towers house four-star hotels JW Marriott, The Douglas, a two-floor casino, eight restaurants and lounges which seat 846, a 2,800-square-metre (30,000 sq ft) open space on level 6 and 5,800 square metres (62,000 sq ft) of event space.
