Granville Island Public Market
Covered market inside repurposed early twentieth century industrial sheds along the waterfront.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver traces the site's fall from a bustling rope and lumber works to a wasteland of shuttered sheds by the early 1970s, and the political fight led by MP Ron Basford to keep the city from flattening it. It follows architects Joost Bakker and Norman Hotson's decision to preserve the old post-and-beam buildings rather than clear them, on the way to the market's 1978 opening. Look for the traces of the old industrial equipment scattered through the stalls as you browse.
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