The small, one story commercial heritage building at 117 W. 1st st. has so many beautiful, decorative features that you’d never guess it started out as one of B.C. Telephone’s North Vancouver offices. Having had many varied uses over its nearly one hundred years of existence, the building currently houses a sushi restaurant, and I was amazed at how nearly all of its original features are still intact and in good shape. Explore this beautiful building with me and learn some history about the telephone boom as well as about the company that helped to make the phone more than just a passing fancy in North Vancouver and the rest of B.C.