Vancouver City Hall

The statue of George Vancouver outside of Vancouver City Hall.

Vancouver City Hall is home to Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia. Located at 453 West 12th Avenue, the building was ordered by the Vancouver Civic Building Committee, designed by architect Fred Townley and Matheson, and built by Carter, Halls, Aldinger and Company. The building has a twelve storey tower (the point being 323 feet above sea level) with a clock on the top.

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Temporary city hall, the Holden Building, decorated for the Golden Jubilee.

City Hall a month before opening.

Before the current city hall was constructed, a temporary one was set up in the Holden Building.

Construction of the new City Hall began in 1936 (Vancouver's Golden Jubilee) on January 3, and the first cornerstone was laid by Mayor Gerry McGeer on July 2. An eight-foot statue of Capt. George Vancouver, carved by Charles Marega, was placed at the front of the building. It was unveiled on August 20 by the visiting Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent. Sir Percy also presented several gifts to the city, including a civic mace, and a sprig "...from a tree in the orchard where a falling apple gave Isaac Newton the idea that led to his theory of gravity." The mace and the statue still reside at city hall.

The building was started and opened all in the same year. It was completed on December 1, bringing an end to the 330-day construction. Each lock plate on the outer doors displays the Vancouver Coat of Arms, and each door knob bares the monogram of the building. The ceiling on the second floor of the rotunda was made of gold leaf from several BC mines.

After winning the civic election on December 9, 1936, George Clark Miller became the first mayor of Vancouver to occupy the brand-new city hall on January 2, 1937.

A four storey east wing was added in 1968 (completed in 1970) and a coat of arms added in 1969.

The building was declared a historic site in March 1976.

City Hall in 2006.

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Vancouver City Council is the governing body of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The city is governed by the provincial Vancouver Charter, not the Community Charter and the Local Government Act which are used for other municipal governments.
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Downtown Vancouver as seen from Fairview Slopes north across False Creek

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Motto: "By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper"
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Frederick L. Townley designed many buildings in Vancouver, British Columbia, including Vancouver City Hall, the Great Northern Railway station (destroyed), the Capitol Theatre, Vancouver General Hospital, the Vancouver Stock Exchange Building, and the CNIB Building.
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1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.

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George Vancouver RN (June 22, 1757 – May 12, 1798) was an officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of North America, including the Pacific coast along the modern day Canadian province of British Columbia and the American states of Alaska, Washington
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Charles Carlos Marega (born September 24, 1871 - died March 27, 1939) was a Canadian sculptor in the early 20th century.

He was born in Lucinico, in the commune of Gorizia, then part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.
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Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait
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Gravitation is a natural phenomenon by which all objects with mass attract each other. In everyday life, gravitation is most familiar as the agency that endows objects with weight.
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British Columbia
Colombie-Britannique

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Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour Without Sunset (diminishment))

Capital Victoria
Largest city Vancouver
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The following is a list of buildings and structures classified as Schedule "A" and Schedule "B" heritage buildings by the City of Vancouver. These are designated heritage buildings, and as such are legally protected by the city's heritage by-law No. 4837.
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