Holland Block
364 Water Street
At the western edge of Gastown, the old streets surveyed for the
townsite of Granville jog at an angle to meet the streets laid out
in the CPR's land grant. Completed in 1896, the Holland Block was
constructed in flat-iron shape to make maximum use of the resulting
triangular-shaped lot. Bay windows increased light and space in
the rooms of second-floor tenants. At street level, cast iron pillars
frame windows and floors. Look for the name of the manufacturer,
B.C. Iron Works, on the basesof the pillars.
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