Randall Building
City of Vancouver
Heritage Building
Randall Building
Architect: Richard T. Perry
Built in 1929 for the brokerage form S.W. Randall Company, this commercial building is a good example of the design of the city’s downtown office development at the time of the Great Depression. The brick cladding is enriched by the terra cotta paneling on the lower levels of the important Georgia Street façade. Sam Randall was also a thoroughbred race promoter who operated racetracks at Hastings Park in the 1920s and Landsdowne Park in Richmond (1924 – 1945). In 1991, the building was rehabilitated and the penthouse added by the owner, Jeweller Toni Gavelti and his architects Belweet Dodd Ching Lee.
The building also has a well-known mural on the side: http://www.miss604.com/2015/01/randall-building-mural-georgiastreet.html
More information: https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/randall-building-535-west-georgia-street/
Submitted by: Jennie Eggleston (www.instagram.com/jeggle)