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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM0D_meet-you-under-the-clock_Vancouver-BC.html
Since 1907, generations of Vancouverites have arranged downtown rendevous with one simple phrase - "meet you under the Birks clock!"
Erected as "a public convenience for the people of Vancouver", this stalwart timepiece has stood in front of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLM7_b-c-electric-building_Vancouver-BC.html
This landmark building, completed in 1957 as the head office for BC Electric Company, is a significant example of the Internationalist style of modern architecture. Floors are cantilevered from a central load bearing concrete core and supported by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLLF_carnegie-library_Vancouver-BC.html
This eclectic 1903 building was one of 2,507 public libraries paid for by the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie, the richest person in the world when he retired in 1901. Carnegie believed in the "Gospel of Wealth" and gave away 90% o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCF_vancouver-rowing-club_Vancouver-BC.html
The Vancouver Rowing Club was established in 1899 when the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club joined the Vancouver Boating Club. Throughout it's history the Vancouver Rowing Club has played an important part in the athletic and social life of Vancouver. Th…