Birks Building

Identification

Map

Structure in general

Usage

Facts

• The southeast corner of Georgia and Granville was where people said for over a half century, "Meet me at the Birks clock".
• The last wall was taken down during demolition on January 27, 1975.
• The famous wooden-movement Birks clock, built in 1905, is today located at the corner of Granville & Hastings since 1994.
• A new Birks store opened on the same corner in 1977 in Vancouver Centre and remained there until 1994, before becoming a London Drugs store.