Harbour Centre
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Harbour Centre | |
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CTBUH)[1] | |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 28 |
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Architect(s) | WZMH Architects |
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Harbour Centre is a skyscraper in the central business district of Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which opened in 1977. The "Lookout" tower atop the office building makes it one of the tallest structures in Vancouver and a prominent landmark on the city's skyline. With its 360-degree viewing deck, it also serves as a tourist attraction with the Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant, offering a physically unobstructed view of the city.
Harbour Centre is located at 555 West Hastings Street in
Vancouver Coast Guard Radio operated until 2015 from Harbour Centre, providing distress watch and vessel traffic services to the North Arm Fraser River, Burrard Inlet, Indian Arm, English Bay and Howe Sound.
History
The downtown Simpsons-Sears department store was located here before it closed in 1987.
During the
Official Height Discrepancies
Designed by WZMH Architects, the building is listed as being 28 stories tall, though the tower/observation deck extends above the 28 office floors (claimed to be approximately 40 stories in total). There is some disagreement as to the building's height. According to the Vancouver Lookout's website the observation deck is 168 m (551 ft) above the 'street level'. The CTBUH however lists the buildings architectural height as actually being 147 m (482 ft).[2] Furthermore, Skyscraperpage lists the buildings height to the roof as being only 139.6 m (458 ft).[3] This is stated to be the height from the Hastings Street entrance while the height from the back entrance on Cordova Street is 146 m (479 ft). It also lists the buildings pinnacle height to the tip of the antenna as being 177.1 m (581 ft).[3]
The building was British Columbia's tallest measured by pinnacle height until the construction of Living Shangri-La in 2009.
Tourist attraction
The Vancouver Lookout tourist attraction, located atop the Harbour Centre business building, was officially opened on August 13, 1977 by Neil Armstrong, whose footprint was imprinted onto cement and was on display on the viewing/observation deck until disappearing during renovations. Glass elevators whisk visitors 168 meters (553 feet) skyward from street level to the Observation Deck in 40 seconds.
In television and film
In
Gallery
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Detail of the Vancouver Lookout.
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Vancouver Lookout Lobby
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Vancouver Lookout
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Vancouver
- Lighthouse of Alexandria, a possible influence on design.
References
- ^ "Harbour Centre - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "Harbour Centre - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ a b Harbour Centre, Vancouver. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.