When visting Vancouver, Canada it is worth visiting Granville Island, a
Landmark, Attraction. It can be found at 1441 Cartwright Street,.
Once the center of Vancouver's industrial heartland, today, Granville Island is a thriving - albeit eclectic - community. It's a people hot-spot that combines talented weavers, potters, paper makers, and other artisans alongside boat yards, a cement factory, iron-workers and glass blowers. Take in live free entertainment in the waterfront courtyard. Sample freshly made fudge in the Public Market that showcases extraordinary fresh produce, baked goods and more exotic items. Wander along beside the houseboats, or chat with authentic fisher folk. As one of the most successful urban redevelopments in North America, the entire Island is an open gallery of artistic, commercial and industrial endeavor. Much of its continued success has actually been through regulation, which, translated, means that everything you find is unique. There's not a big-name chain in sight. The Island's also home to the Emily School of Art, live Theatre, and some of the city's best eateries. Then there are its museums, found in a labyrinthine.....
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