Burrard Street

[[Image:Burrard St.JPG|thumb|Burrard Street in the Financial District, with a vista of the [[North Shore Mountains]] in the distance. The [[Marine Building]] is on the near left.]] [[Image:666 Burrard.JPG|thumb|right|Centre Downtown, with [[Bentall Centre (Vancouver)|Bentall 5]] skyscraper (left) and 666 Burrard Street landmark tower, circa 2006.]] '''Burrard Street''' is a major thoroughfare in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. It is the central street of [[Downtown Vancouver]] and the Financial District. The street is named for [[Burrard Inlet]], located at its northern terminus, which in turn is named for [[Harry Burrard-Neale, 2nd Baronet|Sir Harry Burrard-Neale]]. The street starts at [[Canada Place]] near the [[Burrard Inlet]], then runs southwest through downtown Vancouver. It crosses [[False Creek]] via the [[Burrard Bridge]]. South of False Creek, on what used to be called Cedar Street before the completion of the bridge in 1932, the street runs due south until the intersection with West 16th Avenue. The intersection of Burrard Street and [[Georgia Street]] is considered to be the centrepoint of Downtown Vancouver, along with the more tourist-oriented and upscale shopping-spirited intersection of Burrard Street and [[Robson Street]] to the south. At and due northeast of the centre is the heart of the Financial District. Further down closer to [[Vancouver Harbour]] stands the historic [[Marine Building]], an [[Art Deco]] masterpiece, opened in 1930, two years before the Art Deco pylons of the Burrard Bridge at the opposite end of the street. Finally at the Harbour lies [[Canada Place]] and the Vancouver Convention Centre. Burrard Street served as the dividing line between the two district lots laid out on the downtown peninsula in the second half of the 19th century: District Lot 185 (now [[West End, Vancouver|West End]]) and District Lot 541 (granted to the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]). The two grids were oriented differently, with the result that only every third northwest-southeast street in DL185 actually continuing southeast beyond Burrard into DL541. Burrard currently serves as the boundary between West End and Downtown, as defined by the City of Vancouver. Burrard Street is served by [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain's]] [[Burrard Station]], located underground between the intersections with Melville and Dunsmuir Streets in the heart of the Financial District. Along the downtown portion, there is a [[Segregated cycle facilities|bike lane]] on the southwest-bound direction towards the Burrard Bridge. ==External links== *[http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/health/bikepaths/index.html - CBC video on Burrard Bridge bikelanes] *[http://www.burrardstreet.com/ BurrardStreet.com - Businesses along the street] {{Streets in Vancouver}} {{coord missing|British Columbia}}