POPULAR NEIGHBOURHOODS
POPULAR NEIGHBOURHOODS
GRANVILLE ISLAND
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. It is located across False Creek from Downtown
Vancouver
under the
south
end
of the
Granville Street
In the early
1900s, Granville
Island
was
home
to factories,
plants Bridge. The
peninsula
was
an different
industrial today—Granville
manufacturing area, but today it is a
and sawmills.
Things
are once
a little
hotspot
for Vancouver
tourism
and
entertainment.
Island is both
a locals’
favorite and
a huge
draw
for visitors.
Technically a sandspit and not an island, the neighbourhood
Granville
Island
provides
amenities
such
as a the
large public market, an
sits just south
of the
downtown
peninsula,
right
under
extensive
marina,
a
boutique
hotel,
Arts
Umbrella,
Granville Bridge. The Granville Island Public Market acts as a False Creek Community
Centre,
various
performing
theatres
including Vancouver’s only
hub of activity,
but
it’s also
one of the arts
city’s
most important
professional
improvisational
company
Vancouver Theatresports
cultural districts
with theatres,
artisan theatre
workshops
and craft
League,
the
Arts
Club
Theatre
Company
and
Carousel
Theatre, fine arts
studios. (tourismvancouver.com)
galleries, and variety of shopping areas.