P R O M O T E D C O N T E N T
N
ew Westminster's first skyscraper, The Westminster Trust
Building, was completed in 1913. The eight-storey structure
was a distinctive example of Chicago School of Architecture
style, with red brick and white terra cotta trim, and it marked
the entry to the downtown core at the corner of Columbia
and Begbie Streets.
Downtown New West rose to glory in the mid-century,
when Columbia Street was the main retail and service centre
for the surrounding cities and the Fraser Valley. Known as The Golden
Mile, it hosted major department stores and long-established retailers.
The diversion of traffic to Highway #1 and the building of suburban
malls are generally given as the reasons for Columbia Street's demise in the
A LEED Gold project, the new Anvil Centre is one of the
most important developments in the city's history
New Westminster's
Centrepiece
A N V I L C E N T R E
From top: The Anvil Centre is a new multi-use civic
centre and office building; the Shops at New West
is a commercial, retail and cinema development.
P R O M O T E D C O N T E N T
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