This penthouse apartment was wonderfully maintained and very pleasant. Not a lot of road noise or loud despite being right on the main strip of Gastown. Very walkable with lots of good shops and food! As some others stated, Gastown is part of downtown Vancouver and like most big cities downtown there was a fair amount of homeless near the apartment and surrounding area. Coming from Seattle, I am used to this and no one bothered us. Additionally the elevator was out of order so the walk up was a bit of a workout but nothing we couldn’t handle.