Stylish South Granville
The Business Improvement Area
Established in 1907, the South Granville Business Improvement Area is south of Vancouver’s Downtown and north of the Kitsilano, Fairview, and Shaughnessy neighbourhoods. The area runs along Granville Street from the Granville Street Bridge over False Creek south to 16th Avenue, where the grand residences of Shaughnessy replace the shops, restaurants, and art galleries of South Granville.
When Vancouver as a city was three years old, South Granville already was an exclusive location and desirable destination before the first Granville Street Bridge went up across False Creek in 1889 to connect it to Downtown. Center Street became Granville Street in 1907. In the fall of that year, plans began for development of what would be First Shaughnessy, 423 acres between West 15th and King Edward avenues from Oak Street west to the BC Electric Railway interurban line to Lulu Island. New First Shaughnessy residents shopped on South Granville, establishing standards of high quality still extant today. Galleries and the Stanley Theatre followed, and the area acquired its cultural caché.
The Stanley Theater
The Stanley opened on the street between 11th and 12th avenues in December 1930 with a Lilian Gish movie, One Romantic Night. The Stanley was the only Vancouver theatre where juveniles could see not one but two Saturday matinees for ten cents. Granville Street and the Stanley went into decline during the ’80s, and it closed in 1991. After some talk of tearing it down, it rose again in 1997 as a fully refurbished venue for live performances. Whether for films or plays, the Stanley has been a major neighbourhood attraction, proof that the lively arts contribute much to neighbourhood prosperity and prestige.
The Granville Street Bridge
The present steel and concrete Granville Street Bridge, nearly a mile long and 90 feet high over Granville Island and False Creek, was the only eight-lane bridge on the continent outside New York City when it opened in 1954. The bridge supplanted an earlier structure that in 1909 had replaced the 1886 original.
Before construction began in 1951, politicians had tried to build a new bridge since 1945. A 1948 newspaper editorial complained that of “Vancouver’s obsolete bridges” “the Granville Bridge, because of its slippery surface, its pitted and rotted roadways, its wooden construction, its wooden approaches and the dangerous curve-in at its lift-spans mended with smooth-worn planks, is by far the worst.”
Information Links:
http://southgranville.org/
http://vancouver.ca/green-vancouver/fairview.aspx
http://www.falsecreekcc.ca
http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/marpole-community-plan-granville.aspx
Gallery Row
In Vancouver, few would dispute that the highest concentration of art, antiques, painting, sculpture, and unique curiosities are in South Granville’s Gallery Row, the nerve centre of Vancouver’s art community for 40 years. Fourteen galleries cluster along this stretch of Granville Street between 5th Avenue and Broadway.
To list a few, Bau-Xi, the oldest contemporary gallery in Vancouver, exhibits paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings. Heffel, “Canada’s National Fine Art Auction House” in the historic Heffel Building at 7th Avenue, displays and previews inventory in an expansive 7,500-foot space. Uno Langmann Limited specializes in European and North American paintings from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. The gallery showcases a careful selection of antique furniture, silver, and objets d’art in elegant, neo-classical surroundings. Douglas Reynolds Gallery, founded in 1995 between 7th and 8th avenues, specializes in historic and contemporary Northwest Coast aboriginal art. The gallery exhibits museum-quality artifacts of aluminum, bronze, glass, and resin in bentwood boxes, masks, and totem poles.
New South Granville Live MLS Listings
Stylish South Granville
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6100 DREWRY Crescent in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2748688
6100 DREWRY Crescent Richmond V7C 2V1 
$3,388,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2748688
- Bedrooms:
- 5
- Bathrooms:
- 6
- Floor Area:
- 3,461 sq. ft.
Truly custom European home in desirable Granville sits on fully fenced & gated CORNER lot, features fully stone clad exterior, mouldings and finishes thru-out inside, expansive custom cabinetry, kitchen is equipped with high-end Wolf/Subzero/Bosch appliances, smart home security, HRV humidity control, radiant heating and Air conditioning, steam shower etc! 4 spacious bdrms upstairs. 1 bdrm & office on main floor. Double Garage & extra additional parking spaces at the front. Just steps from Burnett Secondary, Brighouse Elementary, Thompson Community centre, Minoru recreation centre. 5 mins drive to Richmond centre, Skytrain, T&T supermarket. This is BEST LOCATION where gives you everything you need. Don't miss it! Open house: Jan 28, 2-4pm. More detailsListed by Dracco Pacific Realty
- Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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6731 BLUNDELL Road in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2728628
6731 BLUNDELL Road Richmond V7C 1H7
$3,380,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2728628
- Bedrooms:
- 4
- Bathrooms:
- 2
- Floor Area:
- 2,800 sq. ft.
Builder and investors alert. 11,655sf (175'x66'7") S-facing lot at NW corner of Gilbert & Blundell. Sunny W side-yard. Double carport on Gilbert + 6 more open spaces, incl. 2 spots off Blundell. Solid 2-level 4-bdrm home with lots of renovation. Much loved home shows well. Main flr has 2 bdrms; large living, dining, & family rms; spacious kitchen w/eating area & storage. Up has a 2-bdrm self-contained in-law suite w/full bath, 125sf kitchen, big living/dining area, balcony & separate entrance. Hardwood floors up & down except for kitchen, family & baths. Neighbouring multi-million dollar homes; on bus route; close to schools, park & shopping ctr. Have development potential. More detailsListed by LeHomes Realty Premier - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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6688 CHELMSFORD Street in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2748584
6688 CHELMSFORD Street Richmond V7C 4J2
$3,338,888Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2748584
- Bedrooms:
- 6
- Bathrooms:
- 6
- Floor Area:
- 3,821 sq. ft.
Truly astonishing, this luxurious home infuses both QUALITY and CLASSIC elements. Exceptionally custom built for the ORIGINAL owner! This craftsman home offers: 3821 sq.f living space, high 20 ft ceiling Grand Foyer, the TRUE Exquisite crystal chandeliers, Custom millwork cabinets, Wolf and Miele range appliances and 48" Subzero fridge, wine fridge, AC, Radiant Heat, Commercial Standard Spicy Kitchen etc..2 bedrooms on Main Level can be easily converted to be mortgage helper! 2 sets of stairs etc.. This home is fully loaded with oak hardwood flooring throughout with extensive crown moldings and a comfortable floor plan. Best Fengshui Landscaping around this LUXURY Home! Easy to SHOW More detailsListed by RE/MAX Crest Realty and Homeland Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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7380 GRANDY Road in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2735331
7380 GRANDY Road Richmond V7C 3T3
$2,990,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2735331
- Bedrooms:
- 5
- Bathrooms:
- 5
- Floor Area:
- 3,662 sq. ft.
Two level home situated at the one of the best Richmond neighbourhoods- Granville. large kitchen island; 5 extra large bedrooms all can be fit in king size bed and closets. Spacious functional layout make it must see. It also comes with beautiful garden like and private front and back yard. Close to shopping centre, plaza, banks, restaurant, parks, schools. School catchment: Blundell Elementary school and Richmond High School, Your search is over. Private showing appointment required. More detailsListed by LeHomes Realty Premier - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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5480 GRANVILLE Avenue in Richmond: Granville House for sale : MLS®# R2745392
5480 GRANVILLE Avenue Richmond V7C 1E7
$2,488,000Residential Detached- Status:
- Active
- MLS® Num:
- R2745392
- Bedrooms:
- 2
- Bathrooms:
- 1
- Floor Area:
- 916 sq. ft.
Investor Alert great size south-facing 66 x 160 10,563 sqft level lot located in Granville area the most prime location in Richmond. House is very livable with 2 bed 1 bath.. Great building lot or holding property with potential for future re-development. School Catchment McKay Elementary and Burnett Secondary. Just across Thompson Community Centre and Park. Please do not walk on the property without an appointment. Tenant occupied and need 48 hours to show. More detailsListed by Sutton Group Seafair Realty - Aedis Realty
- 604-688-8669
- 604-657-1111
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