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Originally Posted by Stingray2004
It's too bad that this structure was demolished in 1965... Was that the city's undertaking?
It seems as if it could have been used on an interim basis, since the mid-1960's, for a hostel perhaps?
Somehow I could foresee it eventually getting refurbished for some higher use down the road in the context of what may eventually happen on the False Creek flats.
BTW, excellent thread!
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An excellent thread indeed. The smaller terminal was abandoned because of a tax saving measure whereby the smaller rail company (I believe the Great Northern Railway Company) moved into Canadian National's terminal next door.
The same thing happened with the Second Hotel Vancouver which by most accounts was waaaaay better than the current Hotel Vancouver we have now. It too was torn down and the site remained a parking lot for a quarter century. ( but not b4 it was stripped of anything of value and the items moved to the current Hotel Vancouver).