Granville Street

Granville Street is a street in Vancouver. It runs from Cordova Street in the north end to SW Marine Drive in the south end. It is 9.8 km long. It is one of the main streets in Downtown Vancouver. Granville Street is known for being a shopping and entertainment district with both the Granville Entertainment District and Granville Mall located along it.

Granville Street was known as Theatre Row during its early years because of the many theatres that ran along it. It also had other places of entertainment such as arcades, night clubs, and pornography stores. Many have since closed after 2010 because of gentrification due to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The Granville Street Bridge is connected to Burrard Street. It was built from 1951 until 1954. It was officially opened on February 4, 1954. It runs over False Creek, connecting downtown Vancouver and the neighbourhood of Fairview. Some of Granville Street is also part of Highway 99. The street runs through the neighbourhoods of Shaughnessy and Marpole.

The Orpheum and Vogue theatres, as well as, the Commodore Ballroom are located on Granville Street.

Granville station is located underground in the Granville Mall. It features the Expo Line of the SkyTrain. It is one of the busiest stations for the SkyTrain. The South Granville station will be the second station on Granville Street. It will be built on the intersection with West Broadway and will be used for the Broadway extension of the Millennium Line. It is scheduled to open in late 2027.

Granville Street is named after British Liberal statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.

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Category:Streets in Vancouver