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  • Updated By Ewingjr98 on October 5, 2007
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    Vancouver's Gastown is a neighborhood of contrasts: Vancouver's most touristy area meets Vancouver's most poverty-stricken area. While Water Street is lined with restaurants, souvenir shops, and bars, the surrounding streets are full of homeless and what look like frequent drug abusers.

    Some of the key landmarks in Gastown include the Gassy Jack statue, the steam clock, and the old Hotel Europa. The steam clock was built in 1977, and it is one of just a handful of steam clocks in the world, most of which were created by Vancouver clockmaker Raymond Saunders. The Gassy Jack statue was created to honor John "Gassy Jack" Deighton, who opened the first bar in this area that is now named after him. Finally, the unique old Hotel Europa is a triangular concrete building completed in 1909.

    During our visit in Vancouver, we walked the waterfront from near Stanley Park to Gastown. We spent just 30-45 minutes in this historic neighborhood, and weren't overly impressed with its collection of touristy shops and restaurants. We decided to move on to Chinatown via Carrall Street. This area of town was just swamped with homeless people, trash, graffiti, and boarded up buildings, especially the little park at the corner of Carrall and Hastings Streets. I would not want to walk this route at night.

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  • Directions: North-east end of downtown Vancouver, along Water Street
  • Website: http://www.gastown.org/index.php

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    Gastown: Steamin'
  • By Loughborough on March 2, 2004
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    Water Street is the place to go for buzzin' atmosphere. Bars and cafes are in abundance.
    No visit to Gas Twon would be complete without the obligatory visit to the steam clock. One word of warning, avoid the area on the hour as everyone wants to film the clock as it "chimes". Problem is, that there is no real point in seeing it at any other time.

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  • Directions: North-east corner of downtown Vancouver, along Water Street in

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    Gastown: Waterfront Station
  • Updated By a5floor on March 24, 2006
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    Waterfront Station is a massive building. Here you can take the Seabus to North Vancouver.

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    Gastown: Gastown Steam Clock
  • By PinkFloydActuary on September 5, 2005
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    While in Gastown, check out the steam clock at Cambie and Water Streets. An underground network of steam pipes are used to make the clock whistle on the hour.

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    Gastown: Gastown & its steam clock
  • By blue_sky04 on May 22, 2005
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  • Directions: North-east corner of downtown Vancouver, along Water Street in

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