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Canada Place Harbour Centre and Vancouver Lookout
The Canada Place promenade offers a terrific view of Enjoy panoramic views of Vancouver and
Vancouver’s port, busy with seaplanes, cruise ships, and beyond from the Lookout observation deck,
harbor craft (see p206). 553 ft (169 m) above the city (see p207).

WATERFRONT,GASTOWN
AND CHINATOWN
(See pp202–9)

WEST GEORGIA STREET
WEST HAS TINGS STREET

VANCOUVER
SOUTH GRANVILLE HOWE STREET DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET
(See pp210–17)
AND YALETOWN SEYMOUR STREET
Water Street
(See pp218–25) PACIFIC BOULEVARD A distinctive triangular building stands opposite
the eastern end of Water Street. The street is
known for its red-brick paving and the steam
clock, which instantly became one of the
city’s most beloved landmarks after
GRANVILLE STREET 0 meters 800
its installation in 1977 (see p207).
0 yards 800

Chinatown
Straddling Pender Street, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical
the classically proportioned Chinese Garden
Science World Chinatown Millennium Gate was Built in the Classical style of
OMNIMAX shows inside the erected in 2002 as the gateway Chinese gardens, this serene
geodesic dome are just one to historic Chinatown, with its enclave in China town was the
of Science World’s highlights 19th-century buildings and lively first full-sized example of its kind
(see p217). street market (see p208). built outside China (see p209).

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