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991 records of what the City decided about Downtown, 1970–2026, each linked to its source.

991
records placed on Downtown, between 1970 and 2026
Most of them in the 1970s · Open on the map, with its record

Its busiest streets

Granville Street120+East Hastings Street120+Burrard Street98West Pender Street91West Hastings Street91Seymour Street61Hornby Street46Pacific Boulevard40

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.265
Hotels and rooming housesHotels and single-room-occupancy buildings: their licences, conversions and protection.102
Liquor and patiosBar, pub, restaurant and patio licences.98
Heritage protectionBuildings designated, added to the Heritage Register, or restored under a heritage revitalization agreement.89
Split votesCouncil decisions with a councillor recorded against: split tallies in the voting record, or an "opposed" note in the minutes (printed from 1974).89

Decade by decade

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

  1. 2020s175
    City land at the Granville Loops rezoned for housing and childcare · 2022
  2. 2010s275
    Balmoral and Regent hotels on East Hastings Street expropriated · 2019
  3. 2000s103
    False Creek North plan changed for more building at BC Place Stadium · 2008
  4. 1990s113
    City site on 1200 block Seymour leased for low-income singles housing · 1999
  5. 1970s325
    Transient youth housing program approved, outlying schools excluded · 1971

Council's decisions and permits to read first

See 5 more documents

See also

In this local area

Non-market housing in DowntownIts buildings, their homes and who runs themPlaces in DowntownCity money, council decisions and permits, place by place

Other local areas

Riley Park1,243 recordsKitsilano1,053 recordsMarpole885 recordsMount Pleasant799 records

Overview

The cityEvery record on the map, block by block

Up to 12 records a decade are here, 60 of the 991; 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