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Originally Posted by officedweller
Remember that the old Connaught (Cambie) Bridge used to run into Robson (as shown) - so Robson used to be busier at the BC Place end than it is nowadays.
Note the "Oak Street Extension" - connecting the two parks.
And False Creek was narrowed to a shipping channel with turning basins.
I'm thinking that the Burrard Bridge was built at a different angle than shown, because the Kitsilano Trestle is shown directly below the bridge, rather than to the east.
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I noticed how the CPR tracks on Arbutus St and False Creek nicely show the ROW that the City wants to use for their Downtown and False Creek streetcar.
It appears Bartholomew thought BCElectric would need a new interurban terminal - roughly where the International Village is today.
Its amazing to see that 80 years ago someone was already thinking of reshaping the north shore of False Creek with new roads connecting Pacific @ Seymour with Carrall @ Pender. More than likely it would still be industrial lands.
Even though nothing came of these plans (I blame the Great Depression), it still took Expo 86 (sixty years after these plans were made) to re-develop these lands from Industrial to Residential.