Comments on: Our Second Hotel Vancouver (1916-1949)

By: Anthony Tasker

Anthony Tasker — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:45:32 +0000

The details on the outside of the 2nd Hotel Vancouver are incredible

By: Anthony Tasker

Anthony Tasker — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:26:02 +0000

I would love to see more photos of this building , inside and out if possible , also the construction of it during the first world war i think. Or some more stories about it … Thank you

By: ROBERT DUNNILL

ROBERT DUNNILL — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:50:50 +0000

In reply to Rob Olson. That would require something on the level of a Mega Millions or Powerball grand prize.

By: Sandra Kisch

Sandra Kisch — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:48:40 +0000

In reply to Sharon Rooney. Glad you filled in this info. I bought an airport building which was a mess hall, kitchen, radio room. Etc. It was moved from an airport and moved to my far. So we'll built. Many family homes were built for the army that are still lived in today. Thank you for sharing your story.

By: Elizabeth Norma LePage

Elizabeth Norma LePage — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 10:02:20 +0000

At 17, I worked briefly as a stenographer in the beautiful second Hotel Vancouver for the Unemployment Insurance Company as it was then termed. The offices had been moved up from Hastings Street. I also remember an aunt telling me how she and her husband to be had gone dancing at the hotelin the Spanish Grill I believe it was called. It was a shame to tear it down. A part of Vancouver’s history that can never be restored. Then my husband to be lived there for a short time when he returned from the navy after the war.

By: Rob Olson

Rob Olson — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 06:35:59 +0000

Wouldn’t it be neat if someone recreated that beautiful building!

By: Tanner

Tanner — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 02:30:37 +0000

This is my absolute favourite Vancouver building and I’ve never seen it in person before. The app ‘Circa 1948’ does a great job of showing what kind of lives and stories existed inside before it was destroyed. I’m also proud to say I own the key to room 227A, as well as an inter phone that was believed to be used in the hotel as well.

By: Sharon Rooney

Sharon Rooney — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 07:02:50 +0000

My only comment would be that the ” homeless vets” also had their new brides and children with them at the Vancouver hotel. They went to war as very young people…some were teenagers and they came home with wives and children and the govt had made no long term provisions for them. The govt finally had homes built for them and they could rent them at very low rent such as the large subdivision at Grandview highway and boundary road. Every home was home to a veteran and their children. I am one of those children. A memorial plaque sits at Falaise Park commemorating our parents.