Victory Square

Located along Hastings and Pender Streets, between Carrall and Richards, and includes the east side of Beatty Street between Pender and Dunsmuir. The centre of the area is Victory Square Park which is surrounded by a large number of heritage and character buildings. The park is home to the Cenotaph honouring the dead of two world wars.

Waterfront Station
Waterfront Station was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and was the Pacific terminus for the CPR's transcontinental passenger trains to Montr嶧l and Toronto until circa 1979, when VIA Rail took over the railway's passenger operations and rerouted trains to Union Station (now called Pacific Central Station) near False Creek.
Waterfront Station's transformation into a public intermodal transit facility began in 1977. That year, the SeaBus began operating out of a purpose-built floating pier that was connected to the main terminal building via an overhead walkway above the CPR tracks. The CPR's passenger platforms and some of its tracks were torn up in the early 1980s to make way for the guideway of the SkyTrain (the Expo Line), which opened in late 1985. During Expo 86, special SkyTrain shuttle trains operated between Waterfront Station and Stadium-Chinatown Station, connecting the Canadian Pavilion at Canada Place to the main Expo site.

As part of its expansion efforts, in 1987, Starbucks opened its first international location at Waterfront Station.
In 1995, platforms were built adjacent to the SkyTrain station for the new West Coast Express, which uses the existing CPR tracks. (The West Coast Express platforms are in the same location as the old CPR platforms.) In 2002, Millennium Line trains began sharing the SkyTrain tracks with the Expo Line.

A private ferry company, Royal SeaLink Express, ran passenger ferries from a new dock on the west side of the SeaBus terminal to Victoria and Nanaimo in the early 1990s, but ultimately folded. In 2003, HarbourLynx began operating out of Royal Sealink's old facility at the SeaBus terminal. In 2006, following major engine problems with their only vessel, they folded as well.

Other nearby facilities include the downtown campuses for Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology, federal government services in Sinclair Centre, the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, and the Harbour Centre revolving restaurant and observation deck. Underground passages connect to the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel and Canada Place, while a second street-level entrance opens onto Howe Street.


溫哥華市舊世紀金融商業區建築歷史解說步行
集合：溫哥華社區學院門口(Vancouver Community College, 250 West Pender St與Cambie St 交叉口)。
停車：便宜的停車場位於150 West Pender St. 橘色標誌EasyPark (與Cambie St交叉口東南角，半小時一元)。
停車：也可以到#535 Richards街西側橘色標誌EasyPark停車場。(由Pender街轉 Richards單向南行，右邊第二個停車場，3.50元四小時。需要開到較上層找位子停車)，再北行兩條街。
特點：
溫哥華的舊市中心區 (Downtown)，介於Pender, Hornby, Hastings, Cambie街之間。它包含勝利廣場(Victory Park) 、羅馬風格的太陽報大樓(Sun Tower)、文藝復興風格的皇家銀行大樓大廳(Royal Bank Building)、法國第二帝國風格的自治大樓(Dominion Building)、哥德風格的西摩大樓(Symour Building)、理查遜羅馬 風格的海關大樓(Customs)、維多利亞大廈與飯店(Victorian Hotel)、愛德華商業風格的省報大樓(Province Building)、喬治亞風 格的溫哥華俱樂部(Vancouver Club)、古典建築風格的加拿大太平洋鐵路車站(Canadian Pacific Station)、美術風格的舊郵政總局(Post Office)、裝飾藝術風格的聯邦大樓(Federal Building)、現代主義的多倫多自治銀行(TD Bank)與港灣中心(Harbour Centre)、希臘廟堂風格的多倫多銀行(Bank of Toronto)與加拿大商業銀行等。

我們將藉由該社區消失的電車軌道、歷史背景、傳奇人物、古蹟建築、公共藝術、人口結構、機構組織、或文化節慶，述說溫哥華市百年來的都市發展、社會變遷，以及精彩的多元文化。