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Some important buildings with historical landmarks within the city are Christ Church Cathedral , the Hotel Vancouver (now part of Fairmont chain, originally the Canadian Pacific hotel), Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (provides a world-class collection of Native American art including works by Bill Reid) and the Vancouver Art Gallery (the collections display several paintings by Emily Carr).
A lot of high-tech buildings in the downtown area include the Vancouver Law Courts and its surrounding plaza known as Robson Square (designed by architect (Arthur Erickson) and the Vancouver Library Square (Architect Moshe Safdie), a replica of the Colosseum in Rome.
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The original BC Hydro headquarters building at Nelson & Burrard Streets, now converted into the Electra condominiums, is a breathtaking open-floor concept building that won several awards. Also an award winning building design is the "concrete waffle" of the MacMillan - Bloedel building on Burrard at Thurlow.
An eye catcher of the city's landscape is the giant tent-frame Canada Place , formerly Canada Pavilion from Expo '86. Not to be outdone is the Trade and Convention Centre as well as a Cruise Ship Terminal and the Pan - Pacific Hotel .
An anthology of Edwardian buildings in the city's old downtown area provide a glimpse of the tallest buildings in their days in the British Empire. These were, in their order, the Province Building, the Dominion Building (1907, both at Cambie & Hastings Streets), and the Sun Tower (1911, Beatty & Pender Streets.
The Sun Tower's cupola was ultimately exceeded as the Empire's tallest by the elaborate Art Deco Marine Building, in the 1920s, although its absolute elevation was lower than the Hotel Vancouver and other more uptown buildings.
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The Marine Building is known for its elaborate ceramic tile facings and brass-gilt doors and elevators. It has been a favorite location for movie shoots. Also an illustrious Edwardian building in the city is the current Vancouver Art Gallery building, designed by Francis Mawson Rattenbury, designer of the provincial Legislature and the highly decorative original Hotel Vancouver (torn down after World War II as a condition of the completion of the "new" Hotel Vancouver a block away).
Presently, topping the list of tallest buildings in Vancouver is One Wall Centre at 150-meter and 48- storey. However, this will probably be eclipsed by several new skyscrapers in the coming years, including the under construction 2nd phase of the Bentall 5 office tower and the new 196 - meter tall, 60 storey Living Shangri-La residential tower and hotel.
The following are also other interesting places and some well-known neighborhood within the city:
The 9 o'Clock Gun at Stanley Park makes a loud report heard through the region every evening at exactly 9:00 PM
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