Old Sun Tower

Located at the corner of Pender and Beattie Streets, this delightful17-storey building was the tallest in the British Empire when it was built in 1912.

It had been commissioned by former newspaperman and then-mayor L.D. Taylor to house his newspaper, The Vancouver World.

The building was purchased in 1937 by the Vancouver Sun and given the name of the Sun Tower. The Sun operated from the building until it moved to Granville Street in 1965, and the Sun Tower stood empty for a couple of years.

In current parlance, its location is referred to as Crosstown: it lies at the confluence of Yaletown, Chinatown, Gastown and Downtown.

Recently refurbished, the space is now being marketed, as its website says, for use by "the needs of its creative class." Many of the most beautiful features of this 99-year-old building can be seen here.