History of the West End neighbourhood in Vancouver, B.C. 

I will forever be grateful that I had the opportunity to live on the 12th floor, facing Robson St. & North Shore mountains, of Paul Plaza on Haro St. It was my home all throughout my 20’s. Epic memories!! The West End is phenomenal. As is all of Vancouver. I’m bias of course being born at St. Paul’s Hospital. ❤️

My Aunt lived in a second floor apartment on Davie street in the 80's, I grew up in the then very small town of Comox on Vancouver Island. I moved to the lower mainland after high school, and would go to visit Auntie/ We would sit on her balcony and people watch. Coming from a small back water town, I had never before witnessed (or even new existed) the unbelievable variety of people walking by.

Living in the West End in the early 80's was fantastic! I had a bachelor suite on the corner of Pacific and Bute and paid $295- per month in 1983. Those were the days!

I miss you Vancouver,broadway and macdonald granville street kitsilano,english bay,stanley park,robson street,and many more, from cruel Toronto.

The West End is the best neighbourhood in Vancouver. It's great to get this info on the history. Great video, thanks for posting

Great stuff!

I grew up in Vancouver and enjoy watching these picture and I love the city, thankyou

This is almost unwatchable. The information is fantastic but having four videos playing simultaneously in the same frame and cutting between shots every 4 seconds is dizzying. I'd love to see this remade because it could be so great.

Beautiful city

Love the West End! Everything you could ever need is all right there, walking distance.

I grew up in the suburbs, and dreamed of living in the West End after graduating high school. A couple of years after high school I looked around and realized I couldn't afford to live there, so found a place in New West. A few months of that, and it was off to living in a basement suite in Toronto, and the rest is history.

That picture on the lower right hand corner. 1:31 Where is that? UBC?

Do you have any more pictures of the area Cedar Cottage, the streetcar turn around at 18th & Commercial to 22nd and Commercial dr?

Not a good area to raise children as it turned out during the early 80s, I had been forced to sell East Van (1984), as a recently divorcé (mother with 4 children), I lost my 3bed home at Sojourn Housing Coop. Perhaps the move was justifiable, now as I see this video. [I was a single young woman when I rented a 1bed apt at 1393 Robson Street The Greenbrier (1966)].....Granville and Robson was amazing with Sweet 16 and many other shops...not a family community anymore. Thank you for an amazing and educational video! History is so important, planning and the City of Vancouver.

That intro is giving me Bill Wurtz flashbacks

1:31 bottom right corner. Those buildings on that green hill. Is that now Stanley Park? Where EXACTLY is that? I want to know more.

Bring back the English Bay Pier!

I never heard of West End School. 1:48 I want to know more.

No planning. Just build.

West end is a great place. Unfortunately it’s being pulled down for much higher aptments that are for people that can pay $3000 for a one bedroom. The 1990s were great but everything must change. It’s still beautiful their.

I could live the rest of my life here, if it maintains its community spirit and strong harmony with nature. I hope the capitalists don't devour this place for sheer profit.

SunShine days in Vancouver - Very Very Very seldome (((

Vancove

Been there. It's okay but nothing great.

Davie Village needs an upgrade, looking so run down and poorly maintained...

named after the West End School? Uh, no, the name "West End" was in use long before then; like "East End" a natural part of English language usage.....

Vancouver is mose

Good planning certainly didn't happen in The West End as today it is unrecognizable and just another high rise city. So very sad.

Come on . When u mention the Hogan’s Alley , u didn’t mention Jimmy Hendrix? ? Where are those musicians ?真是太没有逻辑了. I so pissed that I have to say something in Chinese to educated you .

English!

Be about a billion times better place if all the big trees and diverse life was there instead of concrete ,steal ,plastic and a bunch of people :(

The palm trees are so out of place.

When will you actually speak plainly and tell everyone who the best spots on Vancouver's coast where constantly fighting over before so color by you high biasing by omitting such facts as these and in doing so intentionally weaponizing our own children in unwarranted guilt and now everlasting debit all because we joined in on the already existing fight for the best lands and fishing grounds. No! they were not an emasculate conception people they were then as they are now and ever will be just like us as we like them only at that time better at skirmishing the best spots... This is the only truth unconditionally full color and full stop...! Dignity is deserved on all sides so stop the hate demanding of every one you can program to hate someone and poison their very own generations for your entertainment... No! "Ha", "Ha" here; it is criminal in syndicate...! To date... only a few Indians have benefited through this misrepresentation and that this force feeding of highly bias history has by way of design hurt my brother and sister who's family's come from here ever more than will ever help them and the loudest oracles who propagate vainly know this but enjoy watching them pass the hate like a new small pox designer small pox not by all white man but by some and mostly lobby gangs who count on the emotional blackmail in town hall. YVO

BS move in Hong Kong