BC Hydro Modernizes Grid, Retires 80-year-old H-Frames in Downtown Vancouver
December 17, 2025 A defining feature of downtown Vancouver’s alleyways for nearly eight decades has now disappeared. BC Hydro has completed a landmark project to remove H‑Frame electrical structures that once lined Gastown, Chinatown and the downtown core, replacing them with modern underground systems to improve safety, reliability and aesthetics in some of the city’s…


