Under the Granville Bridge

This old building at 1429 Granville Street was one of only a handful that survived the building of the new Granville Street Bridge back in the early 1950's. Hidden away under the shadow of the bridge on the North side it was last home to H&H Sheet Metal but was torn down in late 2014 to make way for the ultra high end Vancouver House luxury condos. The building was pretty old and looked like it might have dated from the 1920's with its Spanish style facade. But there was a similar looking building just over on Howe Street that was built back in 1912 so it could be from that time.





























I happened to be looking at another Blog recently and came across an old photo that looked pretty familiar. But the address seemed to indicate it was not the same building that I'd photographed back in 2013. The image was from the Vancouver Public Library's Historical collection (VPL-5426) but had the address listed as 1329 Granville Street. This would have put the building much further North in the same block as the Yale Hotel and the now long gone Cecil. But a careful look revealed it was in fact the same building photographed by Leonard Frank back in 1928 when it was home to the BC Veterinary Hospital run by Dr. Trevelyn Sleeth!