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Downtown

1,323 records of what the City decided about Downtown, 1964–2026, each linked to its source.

1,323
records placed on Downtown, between 1964 and 2026
Most of them in the 2000s · Open on the map, with its record

Its busiest streets

Granville Street120+West Hastings Street120+West Pender Street120+East Hastings Street120+Burrard Street120+West Georgia Street120+Seymour Street71Pacific Boulevard64

What keeps coming up

RezoningA site or an area given new zoning rules, from one address's CD-1 rezoning to a text amendment across a zone.312
Liquor and patiosBar, pub, restaurant and patio licences.127
Split votesCouncil decisions with a councillor recorded against: split tallies in the voting record, or an "opposed" note in the minutes (printed from 1974).117
Hotels and rooming housesHotels and single-room-occupancy buildings: their licences, conversions and protection.113
Heritage protectionBuildings designated, added to the Heritage Register, or restored under a heritage revitalization agreement.106

Decade by decade

Newest first, one record a decade; each line opens its source.

  1. 2020s177
    City land at the Granville Loops rezoned for housing and childcare · 2022
  2. 2010s291
    Balmoral and Regent hotels on East Hastings Street expropriated · 2019
  3. 2000s363
    False Creek North plan changed for more building at BC Place Stadium · 2008
  4. 1990s146
    City site on 1200 block Seymour leased for low-income singles housing · 1999
  5. 1980s29
    Committee recommended receiving the Vancouver Coreplan, authorizing public discussion, and allocating $30,000 from Contingency Reserve for public involvement. · 1983
  6. 1970s311
    Transient youth housing program approved, outlying schools excluded · 1971
  7. 1960s6
    Aide Auto Parks Limited will lease the Seymour Street parking lot for three years from March 1, 1969. · 1969

Council's decisions and permits to read first

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Up to 12 records a decade are here, 78 of the 1,323; the rest are on its streets. Council's minutes, its voting record and the City's building permits, where a record names an address or a lot here. The voting record · The whole city