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18-490: Bounded by Cambie , Dunsmuir, Beatty and Georgia Streets , the former park occupied a whole city block and was laid out at the time of the CPR Townsite survey in the early 1880s. It was Vancouver's second sporting grounds, the first being on Brockton Point in what is now Stanley Park, and was used for various sports. A house on the corner of the lot was occupied by an Alfred Larwill ("Al" or "Fred") who good-naturedly stored

36-480: A 10 metre wide boulevard with grass and many well established trees on it; the boulevard was designated as a heritage landscape by the city of Vancouver in 1993. When proposals to build SkyTrain 's Canada Line (formerly known as the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver or RAV Line) along Cambie Street first emerged, they were heavily protested by residents and business owners who wanted to keep the street as

54-539: A heritage boulevard. They argued in favour of using the existing Arbutus Street rail corridor instead. Once the decision was made to use the Cambie alignment for the Canada Line anyway, residents along the corridor successfully persuaded authorities to put the rail line in a tunnel instead of running it as a surface route, and to dig the tunnel using a tunnel boring machine . However, due to cost concerns and time constraints,

72-400: A two-way north–south thoroughfare according to the street grid for the rest of Vancouver. This section of the street was originally named Bridge Street , and was first connected to Cambie Street after the first Cambie Bridge opened in 1891; it was renamed Cambie Street after the second Cambie Bridge opened in 1912. Between King Edward Avenue West and Southwest Marine Drive , the street has

90-515: A variety of game equipment in his toolshed and allowed team members to use his dining room for a dressing room. Located midway between the city's old downtown around Gastown Hastings Street and newer areas uptown around Granville, the park naturally became a centre for public meetings, the most infamous one was a rally by the Knights of Labour which led to the Anti-Oriental Riots of 1907 , with

108-585: Is no seamless connection between the two. Instead, Nelson Street carries southbound traffic onto the bridge, and Smithe Street carries northbound traffic away from the bridge. The downtown section of Cambie Street runs from Water Street in Gastown in the north to Pacific Boulevard in Yaletown in the south and is a two-way street for its length. South of False Creek, the street is a major six-lane arterial road, and runs as

126-477: Is organized on a modified east–west/north–south grid pattern (with some allowance for natural contours). Thoroughfares downtown and in a few other locations run in a northeast–southwest/northwest–southeast pattern. The following are arterial routes, as defined by TransLink . Ontario Street marks the boundary in most of Vancouver between thoroughfares designated "West" and those designated "East" (e.g. East 41st Avenue, West King Edward Avenue). Dundas Street marks

144-558: The Beatty Street Drill Hall , across Beatty Street on the block's northeast flank, serving as a stage and podium. Baseball, cricket and lacrosse teams made use of the field year round. The playing fields also served as military drill-grounds, with the city's first muster being called up for the Boer War using the site for that purpose, as well as for World Wars I and II. The site was also a main site for rallies of demonstrations by

162-584: The Canadian Pacific Railway 's western division (as is Cambie Road, a major thoroughfare in nearby Richmond ). There are two distinct sections of the street. North of False Creek , the street runs on a northeast–southwest alignment (following the rotated street grid within Downtown Vancouver ). As such, the street direction is approximately 45 degrees to that of the Cambie Bridge , and there

180-517: The Art Gallery's exhibition space. They were to break ground in 2017, but have delayed construction until funding is secured. 49°16′46.43″N 123°6′42.96″W  /  49.2795639°N 123.1119333°W  / 49.2795639; -123.1119333 Cambie Street Cambie Street is a street in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. It is named for Henry John Cambie , chief surveyor of

198-467: The Canada Line's opening day of August 17, 2009, Robertson said Greater Vancouver needed more rapid transit but the Canada Line was a "great start" and that he was a "Johnny-come-lately" to the project. The entire route is in Vancouver . The entire route is in Vancouver . Cape Horn Interchange King Edward Avenue (Vancouver) The following is a list of major and secondary streets and roads in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada. The city

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216-537: The effects of Canada Line construction on Cambie Street merchants. The award for damages was later reversed at the British Columbia Court of Appeal , which determined that while the project had resulted in a legal nuisance to the claimant, the government had acted within its authority and was therefore not liable for damages. Leave for further appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was subsequently denied. On

234-413: The handling of the rail line construction an "injustice." On March 23, 2009, Robertson testified in a lawsuit brought by Cambie Street merchant Susan Heyes, owner of Hazel & Co., in the B.C. Supreme Court regarding damage to her business from the construction, a lawsuit for which she was awarded $ 600,000 by the B.C. Supreme Court due in part to the fact that there was insufficient action to mitigate

252-475: The line. The cut-and-cover tunnel runs underneath the east side of the street for most of its route. South of West 63rd Avenue, the line emerges from the tunnel and runs on an elevated structure across the Fraser River . Gregor Robertson , who later became the mayor of Vancouver , was a strong supporter of Cambie Street merchants and spoke regularly about hardships from the Canada Line construction. He called

270-585: The lot was one of two main sites for cultural events and "nightly celebrations", although not an official venue, during the 2010 Winter Olympics . In the Vancouver Stanley cup riots of June 15, 2011, violence erupted in Downtown Vancouver following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Rioting crowds entered the lot and multiple cars were burned. After the bus depot vacated Larwill Park in 1993, it became

288-491: The only block of vacant public land in downtown Vancouver. It was proposed as a location for various cultural facilities, including the Vancouver Art Gallery. On April 24, 2013, Vancouver City Council voted to designate the property for a new Art Gallery building. On September 29, 2015, the Art Gallery unveiled drawings by architects Herzog & de Meuron for a new museum building. Relocating to Larwill Park will double

306-440: The unemployed and labour organizations in the 1930s. In July 1943 (during World War II), a ceremony was held to dedicate the park to Al Larwill, some 32 years after his death in 1911. However, later that year, while the men who had used it for sport and politics were away at war and not around to prevent it, the site was converted into the bus depot. Often used for parking by Canada Post trucks and for film production "circuses",

324-451: The winning bidder decided to use a cut-and-cover method to build the tunnel – which required disruption to traffic and business along the corridor during the construction. As such, even though it cost less and was much faster than using a tunnel boring machine, the plan drew heavy criticism from area residents and businesses. During 2006 to 2009, portions of the street south of False Creek were closed to traffic to allow for construction of

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