Maple Tree Square, Friday 1 September 1972 Apparently the City has run out of cobblestones to maintain the old-timey looking streets in Gastown, and the engineering department says they are too expensive and not durable enough to be practical. The cobblestones and faux-vintage bollards were installed in the early 1970s to give the area a heritage feel when Gastown was being revamped as a tourist destination.   Source: City of Vancouver Archives #780-614
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Maple Tree Square, Friday 1 September 1972

Apparently the City has run out of cobblestones to maintain the old-timey looking streets in Gastown, and the engineering department says they are too expensive and not durable enough to be practical. The cobblestones and faux-vintage bollards were installed in the early 1970s to give the area a heritage feel when Gastown was being revamped as a tourist destination.  

Source: City of Vancouver Archives #780-614

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

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