Hastings Street, named after Admiral George Hastings of the Royal Navy, is Vancouver's most historic east-west corridor. The closure of the British Columbia electric railway and the north shore ferry service caused a lack of pedestrian traffic and pushed the city's retail centre west along Hastings. From the early 1900s, Vancouver's retail heart was sandwiched between Spenser's Department Store (now the Harbors Center) and Woodward's (famous for its Christmas window displays). These two large department stores anchored blocks of small shops. West of Burrard, Hastings was called blue blood alley and was the residential address in the city with beautiful houses on large lots and featured the city's two important men's clubs, the Vancouver Club and the Terminal City Club. Blue blood alley slowly transformed from residential to retail. Due to the success of the grain port, Vancouver was forecasted to become the financial, business, and transportation hub of the North Vancouver felt like it needed an iconic building to reflect this success and during the glorious 1920s, the Marine Building began construction. The magnificent art deco building, dripping in sea creatures, ships and blimps, went 1 million dollars over budget (for a total of 2.5 million dollars) but the developers were unconcerned as they planned to recoup the money by allowing people to pay a quarter to ride the elevators, each elevator rumored to have been donned with a beautiful lady, up to the 21st storey observation deck to view the city. Unfortunately, the building finished construction in October 1930, in the middle of the Great Depression, and the developers went bankrupt. The Marine Building was then acquired by Guinness Anglo-Irish investors for $900,000. It will be a great addition for any home décor and ensures high quality with perfect color accuracy. Make your order today!

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