Sinclair Centre is an upscale

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. It is located at 757 West Hastings Street between Granville and Howe streets. The centre comprises four buildings that were restored and connected by a new atrium space designed by Henriquez Partners Architects and Toby Russell Buckwell Architects in 1986. The cost for this work was 38 million. The main post office was housed here from 1910 until the new one opened in 1958. The Post Office Building is in an

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style, combining English and French influences. It features an atrium clock consisting of four clocks built in 1909 and is the largest clock movement in

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; the minute hands alone weigh 92 kilograms (202 pounds) each. In addition to the mall, the building has a seven floor office tower occupied by the federal government. The buildings that comprise the centre are the Post Office (1910 -

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), the handsome and architecturally esteemed Winch Building (1911 - Thomas Hooper), the Customs Examining Warehouse (1913 -

), and the Federal Building (1937 -

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). The mall is home to elite boutiques. The complex was renovated in 1986 and announced on November 13, 1983 that it was renamed after James Sinclair, member of Parliament for

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and later

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as well as Minister of Fisheries. Sinclair is the maternal grandfather of 23rd

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Image:WinchBuilding.jpg, The Winch Building Image:OldPostOffice.jpg, The Customs Examining Warehouse Building Image:CustomsExaminingWarehouse.jpg, The Federal Building Image:Sinclair Centre (17328515908).jpg, The Post Office building Image:Sinclair_Centre_by_eduardo89.jpg, Close up of tower and columns File:Service Canada, Sinclair Centre (24702952825).jpg, Service Canada inside Sinclair Centre File:Granville Street, December 20th (HS85-10-25048).jpg, View of NW corner of Granville & West Hastings, December 20, 1912

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* {{Shopping Malls in Metro Vancouver Buildings and structures in Vancouver Shopping malls in Metro Vancouver Post office buildings in Canada Former post office buildings Custom houses Government buildings completed in 1910 Government buildings completed in 1913 Government buildings completed in 1937 1913 establishments in British Columbia Heritage buildings in Vancouver Federal government buildings in British Columbia

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