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•This Day in History: Vancouver's 'magnificent' Birks Building opens
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On Nov. 10, 1913 , Henry Birks & Co. opened its new $ 500,000 building at Granville and Georgia streets.
The 10 -storey structure was one of the most beloved buildings in Vancouver history.
In 1971 , Birks announced it wanted to replace its building with a new skyscraper.
The fight to save the Birks Building went on for three years .
It was torn down in 1975 , replaced by the Scotia Tower .
The 16 -storey, 560 -room hotel at the southwest corner of Granville and Georgia , had only opened in 1916 .
The Great Fire of June 13, 1886 , burnt almost every building in the fledgling city of Vancouver to the ground.
The Regina and the Bridge hotels survived the fire, but were torn down in 1949 .
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