Record cruise ship season, new pedestrian zone help Gastown compete with Granville

Record cruise ship season, new pedestrian zone help Gastown compete with Granville

July 6, 2026 7:35 am PST.

All eyes have been on the Granville Strip and its pedestrian zone during the World Cup. But as Jack Rabb reports, with another record-breaking summer of cruise ship traffic -- and its own pedestrian pop-ups -- the Gastown BIA is also seeing a bump.

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