Vancouver Gets Glitzy Before Olympics

With fewer than 400 days before hosting the 2010 winter Olympics, Vancouver is starting to reap the rewards of new hotels, restaurants and nightclubs.

The city's glassy skyline of residential towers and banking headquarters looks like a booming metropolis on one of the world's most picturesque bays. But on the ground, Vancouver maintains its small-town flavor of gas-lamp neighborhoods, indoor malls and coffeehouses where everyone is on a first-name basis.

Getting to Vancouver ...