Talk:Granville Island

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Franchises[edit]

The article claims there are no franchises on the island. It has a Sammy J. Peppers and a Keg Steakhouse, which I believe are both franchises. -- Corvus 02:34, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct. I'm sorry, I guess the sorce (that I didn't cite) was wrong. I'll remove the statement. I'm getting messy... Zhatt 05:27, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

According to the Keg website, the Granville Island location is corporately owned and is therefore not a franchise, even though there are franchises in the Keg chain. Usgnus 17:07, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shanty town[edit]

The article currently states: During the Great Depression a shanty town named Bennettville, after the former Prime Minister of Canada Richard Bennett, grew up along the channel opposite the Granville Island on the Creek's south shore. Either I'm not understanding that description correctly, or it should read north shore. Yes? --Ds13 00:02, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is probably the worst sentence ever written, it's very tough to understand TotallyTempo 17:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I checked some other sources and it seems the original writer was highlighting the economic activity by squatters on the shores of the island and the general area. Anyway, I changed it and added refs. Bobanny 01:45, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bobanny, good work, champion. TotallyTempo 05:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia[edit]

If I interpret this blog entry on the page of author William Gibson correctly, The Granville Island Public Market has been the model for his short story "Winter Market". Wouldn't this be something worth adding? 141.58.5.91 11:12, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seagulls[edit]

Can we make mention of the goddamn seagulls? They'll steal food right out of your mouth. Seriously, the suckers knocked a fresh plate of chinese food right out of my hands the second I walked outside. Then a man told me the name of one, and said "He's a real bastard, gotta look out for him, ha ha ha." WTFFF!!!??!!?!

(P.S. Don't ban my IP pl0x) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.145.63.215 (talk) 04:43, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures[edit]

Can someone tell me what the picture of the bread adds? The last couple sections of the page look cluttered and the removal of this picture could improve this. Bmcnamee (talk) 23:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Promotion of specific businesses?[edit]

The article currently includes a listing of some of Granville Island's businesses. Most of them are listed generically, but three are listed by business name and therefore seem promotional.

Since its redevelopment in the 1970s, Granville Island has maintained a community of craft studios, including: a glassblowing studio, two co-op printmaking studios, a fine-art print studio, a luthier, a master saké maker, various jewellers, the B.C. Potter's Guild Gallery, the Crafthouse Gallery, the Circle Craft shop, art galleries, boatbuilders, a wood co-op shop, woodworkers studios, etc.

Elspetha456 (talk) 14:08, 2 June 2013 (UTC)Elspetha456[reply]

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV[edit]

I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:

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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 21:54, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism[edit]

Much of this is wholesale plagiarized from Granville Island's official page, if with slight modifications. No wonder it reads like an advert. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 18:15, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, it's pretty objective now. Of course, this is almost 10 years later. Funny how that works, eh? – AndyFielding (talk) 09:18, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Call for better photos![edit]

These sedate, distanced-looking photos convey none of the Island's color and excitement. How about one of the Public Market's bustling interior, or of the amazing view of downtown Vancouver from the plaza adjacent to it, or of the Island's cobbled streets lined with craft shops, artists' studios and performance venues? It's a very fun, eccentric, artistic place—but you'd never know that from these images. Any Vancouver contributors willing to go forth and do it justice? – AndyFielding (talk) 09:27, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]