Pullman Porters’ Club (Black Strathcona)

One big reason why the Black community became firmly established in Strathcona was the employment of Black railway porters during the 1920s in Canada’s rapidly growing railway industry.

They used to meet and discuss their working conditions at the Porter’s Club at the corner of Main and Prior, where the Georgia Viaducts are now – there was a three-story brick building at that location.