Victory Square Park

Descriptive Essay # 102584

Canadian Studies
Geography

Victory Square Park

An overview of the geography and history behind Victory Square Park, Vancouver.

1,493 words () | 4 sources | APA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at Victory Square Park, a corner of land bordered in between West Hastings and West Pender Street in Vancouver. It examines how the location was once famous for being Vancouver's provincial courthouse which was torn down between 1911 and 1916 and reopened on West Georgia Street in the building now known as the Art Gallery. It discusses how the area is historic in great part because of its location, how it contains the war memorial the Cenotaph and how it was once the heart of the city's financial and legal activity. The paper also includes photos of the Square.

From the Paper:

"However, the Square is famous for much more than the Cenotaph. It was once the heart of the city's financial and legal activity: the Vancouver curb exchange operated across the road on Hastings Street; the Inns of Court structure, a rather rustic looking building next to what was once called Courthouse Square, was the centre for adjutant legal services; the Oddfellows Hall (now called the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Hall) was stationed south of the Inns of Court; most of the city's major banks were headquartered around the Square; the city's shopping district was positioned along nearby Hastings Street; to the south of the Square was the Central School (now Vancouver College); the city's main hospital stood nearby; and before the Courthouse's demolition major newspapers such as The Province, Sun and Dominion were set up around the periphery, though they no longer operate in this location today."

Sample of Sources Used:

Bermingham, J. (2005). Vancouver Prostitutes. Greater Vancouver Book: Discover Vancouver. Retrieved March 16, 2007 from http://www.discovervancouver.com/gvb/prostute.asp.
Facts and Figures About Our Trees. (2007). Vancouver Park Board. Retrieved March 16, 2007 from http://vancouver.ca/parks/trees/factsnfigures.htm.
The "Soldier Lights" Phase I at Victory Square Park Installed in Time for Remembrance Day Ceremonies. (2002). Vancouver Park Board News Release. Retrieved March 16, 2007 from http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/news/2002/021108rel.htm.
Title: Vancouver Courthouse. BC Archives. Royal BC Museum. Retrieved March 16, 2007 from http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_76/d_04183.gif.
Vancouver - Victoria Square Cenotaph. (2007). "We Will Remember": War Monuments in Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2007 from http://www.cdli.ca/monuments/bc/victory.htm.