B.C. Plate Glass and Importing Co. Building

The B.C. Plate Glass and Importing Co. Building is a seven storey plus lower level commercial masonry building constructed in 1906.

As the warehouse of the B.C. Plate Glass and Importing Company, the building’s unique windows were chosen to demonstrate the variety of products they offered. The second through fifth floors used very large panels of plate glass in fixed sash with operable casements to one side, while the top two floors employed more conventional double-hung wood-sash windows.

The building is associated with Edward Cook, an important early Vancouver land-owner and contractor. Cook originally planned the building to be three stories high, but there was so much demand for rental space during construction that he increased the height to seven floors.

Source

Canada's Historic Places

More information

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2537&pid=0