From the start, city planners imposed strict guidelines on the development, in particular requiring a substantial amount of development of the public realm and preservation of existing heritage stock. In part, the city's adoption of new zoning plans in the Central Area Plan (1991) also aided in the process of rejuvenation by establishing objectives of improving livability and providing for office space within Yaletown, as well as preserving its heritage structures. Thus there are generous areas set aside for parks, waterfront access, community centres, and schools. Along the shore of False Creek, the
Stanley Park Seawall linear park has been continued through the area, forming its southern boundary. While little or no original housing from the 19th century survives, several older buildings from the industrial days still exist. Hamilton Street and Mainland Street are the most significant, comprising two intact streetscapes from that era. They are lined with handsome brick warehouses built on rail platforms, many with cantilevered canopies. These have been converted into
loft style apartments and offices, with boutique stores, bars and restaurants at the ground level. During the latter years of the
dot com boom in the late 1990s, these streets housed Vancouver's "multimedia gulch", similar to the
SOMA area of
San Francisco. Nearby, at the junction of Davie Street and Pacific Boulevard, an old brick
Canadian Pacific railway roundhouse (
Drake Street Roundhouse) has been converted into the
Roundhouse Community Centre, which uses the old
engine turntable as a small outdoor
amphitheatre. In another tribute to the rail history of the area, it also houses
Engine No. 374, which pulled the first passenger train into Vancouver in 1887. Spilling around the central core of Hamilton and Mainland Streets, most other architecture in Yaletown is newly built on the old derelict yards, the vast majority in a uniform glass and concrete high-rise style. Most of these buildings are apartment blocks. Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre 2026.JPG|Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre Beatty Walk in Yaletown 2026.JPG|Beatty Walk in Yaletown Image:Yaletown-pacificblvd.jpg|Pacific Boulevard, one of the major roads in Yaletown Image:David Lam Park waterfront 2026.JPG|The view from David Lam Park, overlooking False Creek ==Transportation==