Other Building Names

Sylvia Court Hotel (1943-45)

Sylvia Hotel (1946- )

Street Address

1154 Gilford Street

Architect

White, W.P.

enriquez, Richard

Dates From

1914

Material Type

building

Heritage Designation

Heritage Building, Municipal Designation

Source

City Directory, 1914, p. 159, Booker, Campbell & Whipple Ltd. (ad).

City Directory.

List of Heritage Buildings in Vancouver (1979) Schedule A.

Province: Dec 6, 1981, p. E6, Cozy hotel-by-the-bay a hit with tourists, illus.

Sun: Jun 13, 1984, p.A13, Sylvia Hotel...

Province: Jun 13, 1984, p.3, Council gives approval to Sylvia Hotel tower.

Vancouver Council Meeting Minutes, 1975, p. 3872-3876 (R 3352.071 V22cm).

Sun: Oct 6, 1984, Neighbors 'wanted invisible building'.

Sun: Feb 11, 1986, p.C1, Capped with coper, illus. only.

Globe & Mail: Sep 30, 1987, p.A14, Architect excels...

Sun: Nov 19, 1988, p. D2, Robin Ward's Vancouver, illus.

Sun: Dec 15, 1990, p.D16, Robin Ward's Vancouver, illus.

Vancouver Heritage Inventory, City of Vancouver Planning Dept., Feb 1994

Vancouver Sun: Dec 3, 1999, p.B1, Sylvia's father named his dream after his daughter.

Vancouver Courier: Nov 8, 1998, p.21, Original Sylvia remembers days past, by Neville Judd, illus, port.

Notes

Legal description: D.L. 185, Blk. 71.

Apartment block, 1914-41.

Hotel, 1942- .

Contractor: Booker, Campbell & Whipple Ltd.

Named for owner's daughter, Sylvia Ablowitz.

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