Tower sights in Vancouver
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Vancouver Lookout
Expect your lurching stomach to make a bid for freedom as one of the two glass elevators here whisks you 169m to the apex of this needle-like viewing tower. Once up top, there’s not much to do but wander around and check out the truly awesome 360-degree vistas of city, sea and mountains unfurling around you. If you want to know what you’re looking at, join one of the free tours or just peruse the historic photo panels showing just how much the landscape around here has changed. Tickets are pricey but are valid all day – return for a soaring sunset view of the city to get your money’s worth.
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Marine Building
Vancouver’s most romantic old-school tower block is an evocative reminder of what skyscrapers used to look like before bland concrete and faceless glass caught the eye of area developers. A graceful, 22-story, Art Deco tribute to the city’s maritime past, its grand entranceway resembles a ship’s prow while a salty frieze of waves, marine flora and sea horses wraps around the building’s exterior. The interior lobby, awash in aqua-green and blue, is designed to resemble a huge, treasure-filled Mayan temple. The tallest building in the British Empire when it was completed in 1930, it now houses offices.
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