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| Keywords: architecture building "Vancouver Opera House, B.C. No. 152." The CPR-built Vancouver Opera House, 759 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC. Built 1890-91. After the CPR sells the building to private interests in 1913, a new and taller front section and façade was added and the theatre became the original Orpheum Theatre. Later became the Lyric Theatre (1935) and the International Cinema (1947). Building demolished in 1969 as the Lyric Theatre (again) to make way for the Pacific Centre and Eaton's department store building (built 1970-72). "Vancouver Opera House, B.C. No. 152." The CPR-built Vancouver Opera House, 759 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC. Built 1890-91. After the CPR sells the building to private interests in 1913, a new and taller front section and façade was added and the theatre became the original Orpheum Theatre. Later became the Lyric Theatre (1935) and the International Cinema (1947). Building demolished in 1969 as the Lyric Theatre (again) to make way for the Pacific Centre and Eaton's department store building (built 1970-72). | ||||
