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LOCATION:
Downtown Vancouver, a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, stretches
from Canada Place in the Burrard Inlet harbour, south to the Granville
Street
Bridge at False
Creek. The western edge of downtown is bordered by the
West End, the most populated area in North America, and the east extends
to
Vancouver’s two stadiums – GM Place and Pacific Coliseum.
Downtown is also the center of arts and culture in Vancouver, including
clubs
and live music, opera, the symphony, ballet and theatre, the Vancouver
Art
Gallery and the coliseum-shaped Vancouver Public Library.
CHARACTER:
Downtown Vancouver is the commercial center of the city, including
the
Vancouver Stock Exchange and the Business District. The city center
is a mix
of office towers, condos and hotels, all taking advantage of Vancouver’s
spectacular views – from inlets and harbours to the peaks of the
rugged
Coast Mountains. Vancouver is one of the world’s most enviable
places to
live, with the urban core just blocks from beaches and a rain forest.
Shopping is plentiful downtown – Robson Street is brimming with
restaurants
and boutiques and Pacific Center offers some of the best shopping in
the city.
Granville Street, a pedestrian friendly thoroughfare in the heart of
downtown,
is the center for nightlife, lined with nightclubs, music venues, cinema,
pubs
and theatres.
WHAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
Like all great cosmopolitan centers, Vancouver is full of chic shops,
five-star
hotels and award winning restaurants. Vancouver is considered one of
the
world’s best cities for food, and downtown restaurants can accommodate
every
taste and any budget.
You can find everything you’re looking for downtown – from
accounting to
insurance, dentists to fitness centers, tanning salons to employment
agencies,
just to name a few. Vancouver’s urban center has something for
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