Talk:Hastings Street (Vancouver)

adjustment to caption

Just curious why the excision of the reference to Sinclair Centre? I know there's no article yet, which surprised me when I saw the redlink (esp. given the building's labour politics history). It was just, other than the Marine Building, the only thing easily recognizable in the photo, and is of coruse a significant building; I provided the reference originally so people who might know the intersection could more easily orient themselves.Skookum1 06:53, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

T'weren't me. looks like you put it in the edit summary but forgot to stick it in the caption. Anyway, I agree it's a significant building, and would like to get around to doing up some more building articles. (See my comment at requested articles). I'm also starting a list here, not to duplicate the reqested articles list, but to try and approach the subject systematically. FYI, the architect who's doing the Woodward's building made his mark in town by renovating the Sinclair Centre. Also, VPL has loads of photos from the 1938 post office riot (also needs an article) from the Province, methinks. Bobanny 07:49, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I added the picture yesterday, the first archive pic of many I'm hoping to eventually add. But I included just a very brief caption, which Skookum1 kindly supplemented within ten minutes! Never saw any mention of Sinclair in the actual caption though. A definite future addition to the local wiki architecture portfolio...Cheers.--Keefer4 09:54, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Map(s)

A basic location map showing Hastings on the city grid is de rigeur, but if I can find a usable closeup basemap I'll make the start of a local map from about Gore to Thurlow, so that individual buildings and sites of former buildings can be marked; many notables, even in small businesses, in this area; incl. the Ovaltine and the Only, for instance...never mind the Amsterdam Cafe now...(history sections on different eras in the life of the street would also be good).Skookum1 18:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

open air drug market

This article is absent any information about the very unique situation on east hastings street, which is a considerable area of interest for anyone researching homeless, drug addiction, harm reduction and many other things.

I plan on putting together a comprehensive but brief addition to this page when I am finished compileing enough information and refrences to make a proper addition. I think it's an important piece of information because it is truely a unique street in this respect. Unlike any street in north america. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schwillis (talk • contribs) 06:38, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

East Hastings

I'm not sure how I got to that page, but you'd think it's a redirect to this article - oh, I was cross-indexing Columbia Street because of its role in new West and this was in one of the wiki-eearch links; I'm thinking that the most common use, the primary use, of "East Hastings" is in reference to this street, and not to that song. It was created by someone from {{WikiProject Songs}} and it's by a Montreal band named Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Makes me wonder if there's no a part of Hastings in England that's "East Hastings" also, though if it exists most likely a village.Skookum1 (talk) 04:21, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Snyder's wrong on name

Hastings Street was named before 1885; it was part of the layout of Granville, B.I. aka Gastown, and was one of the named streets of the original townlet's grid. There's an old map of the townsite in Major Matthews showing it, and the survey was no later than the mid-1870s and I think it was before 1870. And while the namesake may be Admiral Hastings, it's indirect via the name of "Hastings" or New Brighton; I'm not sure why the name was applied to the back steret of teh townsite, otehr than perhaps the "Hasstings Road" led off frmo it at the east end of it, i.e. "the road to Hastings". I note the late publication date of Snyder's book, and for me that's a tell-tale sign of latter-day mistake-making; rather than (as you'd expect) better research.Skookum1 (talk) 13:24, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Vancouver Film School campus

The double re-insertion of this in the lead paragraph is unsuitable and not proper style; there's alreayd a listing of landmarks, and while VFS isn't a landmark as a building, it's also not the only major institution on the street and doesn't deserve any kind of special plug as the editor placing it has been intent on doing (apparently a VFS alumni). There are a host of current and historical businesses and institutions along this street, particuarly on West Hastings. The Pantages Theatre needs a plug too, not just privately-owned educational institutions. Similarly on East Hastings there are various notable buildings, especially the Carnegie but also the old BCER building/station and the Pantages Theatre, and also the first legal safe-injection site and the big rendering plant near Commercial. No doubt for some people the only important thing on this street is VFS. For others it's the soup kitchen at the old White Lunch.....(which is in the 100 block West) and for others it would be the Vancouver Club, for others it's the Amsterdam Cafe and the HQ of the Marijuana Party, for still others it's the Cenotaph in Victory Square...and for still others it's Ward Music (now Long & McQuade) or the cluster of old bank buildings near Richards (which includes Sikora's/Vancouver Taoist Tai Chi Society, also for some other people the only reason they'd come down here, likewise in its day Millar & Coe, the old china/porcelain dealer once opposite L&McQ). Unless you can explain why VFS is the most important thing on the street, it definitely doesn't belong in te lead paragraph....I'm not "nitpicking", I'm calling it like it is....not everybody goes to film school.....Skookum1 (talk) 13:24, 7 November 2008 (UTC)