Algonquin Apartments

This 3 story walk up apartment building was built in 1909-1910 during Mount Pleasant’s boom years when the streetcar route was expanding and the area was becoming a metropolis. “Algonquin Flats” is an example of the Second Renaissance Revival style and represents the kind of multi-unit dwellings built at that time. Arthur Julius Bird, the architect, was London-trained and also designed Main Street’s Woolworth Store & Belvedere Court Apartments. After serving in WWI, Bird returned to Vancouver to play a role in the planning, zoning and contouring of residential streets as both City Architect and Building Inspector.

Source

City of Vancouver Heritage Inventory, City Directory, Self Guided Walking Tour of Mount Pleasant, WestEndVancouver

More information

https://westendvancouver.wordpress.com/biographies-a-m/biographies-b/bird-arthur-julius-1875-1967/