Fairview
The last few decades have seen Fairview transformed from an industrial area fronting False Creek, to a family-oriented, inner-city neighbourhood offering waterfront living in the heart of the city.
Fairview stretches from Burrard Street to Cambie Street, and from 16th Avenue to False Creek, and includes the neighbourhoods of False Creek, Fairview Slopes, Burrard Slopes and Fairview Heights.
Fairview residents are just steps away from several of Vancouver's most popular shopping destinations: South Granville and Granville Island. Located along Granville, from the Granville Street Bridge to 16th Avenue, South Granville offers sophisticated, upscale shopping, art galleries, antiques, restaurants and coffee bars. To the north, the old warehouses and factories that once lined False Creek have been transformed into Granville Island; the area's heart and soul. Granville Island is a lively thriving mix of shops, theatres, studios, and its centrepiece, the public market.
Did You Know?
In 1916, Granville Island was created by dredging False Creek and building up an existing sand bar.
In 1909, the England home at 2300 Birch Street was built from stone quarried less than one block away.
Stamps Landing is named after Captain Edward Stamp, who established the Hastings Mill on Burrard Inlet in 1865.