South Granville, Vancouver

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Neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

South Granville

Neighbourhood

A stretch of South Granville, looking north towards Downtown.

Country|  Canada
Province|  British Columbia
City| Vancouver
Location| Fairview (West Side)
Time zone| UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-7 (EDT)
Website| www.southgranville.org

Established in 1997, South Granville (or less commonly "Uptown") is an upscale Business Improvement Area (BIA) and neighbourhood south of Vancouver's downtown core, centred along Granville Street and bordered by the neighbourhoods of Kitsilano, Fairview and Shaughnessy.

Separated from Downtown by False Creek, the area runs along Granville Street from the south side of the Granville Street Bridge up to 16th Ave, where storefronts are replaced by the residences and hedges of Shaughnessy.

1907 has been decided as the unofficial birth year of the neighbourhood. In that year Richard Marpole drew up plans for Shaughnessy Heights, the Canadian Pacific Railway's newest subdivision south of 16th Ave, pitched as an alternative to the then-upscale West End ("Blueblood Alley"). This is now known as "First Shaughnessy", or simply Shaughnessy. That same year, what was once Centre Street was given its present name, Granville Street, as the portion north of the bridge already bore that name. In 2007, the South Granville BIA commemorated the neighbourhood's centennial by encasing a state-of-the-art, stainless steel time capsule in concrete and stone under the entrance of the historic Stanley Theatre.

As well as being a fast-growing neighbourhood of residences, shops and restaurants, South Granville is home to a vibrant arts and culture scene. The neighbourhood contains a strip, between Broadway and the foot of the Granville Bridge, known as "Gallery Row" which is home to a number of art galleries: Bau-Xi Gallery, Douglas Reynolds Gallery, Ian Tan Gallery, Petley Jones Gallery, Uno Langmann. The South Granville Gallery Association (SGGA) represents the leading fine art galleries on Gallery Row.[1] Further south, the neighbourhood is home to the historic Stanley Theatre, built in 1931. Once a popular cinema in its early days, the Stanley Theatre is now the stage of the Arts Club Theatre Company and the Industrial Alliance Stage.

## References

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1. ^ "SGGA | SOUTH GRANVILLE GALLERY ASSOCIATION". sgga.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-26.

## External links

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* Information on South Granville from the South Granville Business Improvement Association

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Neighbourhoods in Vancouver, British Columbia

Downtown peninsula|

| Official|

* Downtown
* West End

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Unofficial|

* Chinatown
* Coal Harbour
* Davie Village
* Downtown Eastside
* English Bay
* Financial District
* Gastown
* Granville Mall and the Granville Entertainment District
* International Village
* Japantown
* Robson
* Stanley Park
* Victory Square
* Yaletown

West Side|

| Official|

* Arbutus Ridge
* Dunbar–Southlands
* Fairview
* Kerrisdale
* Kitsilano
* Marpole
* Oakridge
* Shaughnessy
* South Cambie
* West Point Grey

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Unofficial|

* Greektown
* South Granville

East Side|

| Official|

* Grandview–Woodland
* Hastings–Sunrise
* Kensington–Cedar Cottage
* Killarney
* Mount Pleasant
* Renfrew–Collingwood
* Riley Park
* Strathcona
* Sunset
* Victoria–Fraserview

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Unofficial|

* Champlain Heights
* Commercial Drive and Little Italy
* Hogan's Alley
* Punjabi Market / Little India

Other locations|

* False Creek
* Granville Island
* Stanley Park
* University Endowment Lands
* UBC Vancouver

Italics indicate neighbourhoods now defunct.

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