1953
Dal Grauer Substation
BC Electric opened the Dal Grauer substation on Burrard Street in 1953 to rave reviews. Architectural historian Harold Kalman described it as “uncompromisingly modernist, with the brilliantly-colored workings exposed behind a transparent glass wall—which was replaced with opaque glass, following a minor explosion.â€
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