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| Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome architecture building outdoor building complex skyline photo border black and white The new B.C. Electric Building on the NE corner of Burrard and Nelson Streets in Vancouver, BC. Photograph dated October 3, 1957 [Grant-Mann Lithographers, Vancouver]. 970 Burrard Street at Nelson Street. Architects: Thompson, Berwick, and Pratt, 1955-57. B.C. Electric Company was taken over by the provincial government in 1961-62 and the building was renamed the B.C. Hydro Building. Prominent local artist B.C. Binning designed the mosaic of blue, green and black tile. In 1995, the building was converted to a condominium complex and renamed and re-addressed as the Electra, 989 Nelson Street. The introduction of this structure in the West End caused the City Planners to rewrite the zoning by-law limiting building height in the district. Subsequently, this allowed a flood of residential tower development which forever changed the face of the neighborhood and, by the 1970s, would cause Vancouver's West End to become the most densely populated area in Canada. The building at the far left is the First Baptist Church (1911) on the NW corner. The new B.C. Electric Building on the NE corner of Burrard and Nelson Streets in Vancouver, BC. Photograph dated October 3, 1957 [Grant-Mann Lithographers, Vancouver]. 970 Burrard Street at Nelson Street. Architects: Thompson, Berwick, and Pratt, 1955-57. B.C. Electric Company was taken over by the provincial government in 1961-62 and the building was renamed the B.C. Hydro Building. Prominent local artist B.C. Binning designed the mosaic of blue, green and black tile. In 1995, the building was converted to a condominium complex and renamed and re-addressed as the Electra, 989 Nelson Street. The introduction of this structure in the West End caused the City Planners to rewrite the zoning by-law limiting building height in the district. Subsequently, this allowed a flood of residential tower development which forever changed the face of the neighborhood and, by the 1970s, would cause Vancouver's West End to become the most densely populated area in Canada. The building at the far left is the First Baptist Church (1911) on the NW corner. | ||||
