Stanley Hotel
36 Blood Alley Square
In 1979, during the height of renovation activities in Gastown,
the Stanley Hotel (built in 1907) was converted to rent-controlled
housing. The City cut a passage through the hotel at 33 West Cordova
Street to Blood Alley Square, the location of Vancouver's first
civic buildings. The Square contained Constable Jonathan Miller's
cottage, which served as the courthouse in 1886, and the City Jail,
two small lockless log cells. Walk through the passage to the Water
Street side. It opens onto the Garage at 12 Water Street, which
was built in 1930 as a parking garage. In 1972 it was renovated
into an interior courtyard surrounded by shops and offices on Gaoler’s
Mews.
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