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The abode is the showpiece of Barclay Heritage Sq, a one-block site containing nine
historic West End houses dating from 1890 to 1908. If you don a top hat, monocle and
waxed mustache, you'll fit right in. Pick up a free map covering the square's history
highlights from Roedde House.
COAL HARBOUR SEAWALL
WATERFRONT
(Canada Place to Stanley Park; Waterfront)
An idyllic waterfront stroll from Canada
Place to Stanley Park, this is a perfect way to spend a sunny afternoon. Along the 2km
or so, you'll take in the West Building convention center's art and history-paneled sea-
walk, the cooling grassy nook of Harbour Green Park and the
Light Shed
artwork - a
replica of one of the marine sheds that once lined this area.
Look out for the cozy houseboats in the marina near the Westin Bayshore hotel,
where Howard Hughes holed up for three months in 1972. Continue a few more
minutes and you'll be on the fringes of Stanley Park.
ROBSON STREET
STREET
(
www.robsonstreet.ca
;
Robson St; 5)
Locals, tourists and recent immigrants - count the
number of accents you catch as you stroll here - throng the eateries and shops of Rob-
son St, Vancouver's de facto urban promenade. While most shops are of the ubiquitous
chain-store variety, the strip is worth a wander for the urban vibe, especially on summer
evenings when buskers and street cartoonists set up shop.
It's also worth heading to the Stanley Park end of the strip, where you'll find a mod-
ern 'mini-Asia' of authentic
izakayas
(Japanese neighborhood pubs) and noodle bars
populated by homesick Japanese and Korean language students. Turn the corner onto
Denman to discover a United Nations of cheap-and-cheerful dining.
