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tegra7 09-25-2018 09:51 PM
http://i68.tinypic.com/wjt4rn.jpg
Vancouver Technical Secondary back in the 1930's. (My old high school back in the early 2000's).

CivicBlues 09-26-2018 08:39 AM
Awesome thread;

A couple of years ago the Vancouver Archives had an open house and they were giving away some prints of theirs for free. I took this one and hung it up in our walk in closet:

Granville Street circa 1900:
https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/...078-A51003.jpg

Vancouver was founded 14 years earlier. The "parade" in the picture, I was told, are local military recruits heading off to the Boer War. The teepees are barracks.

!Aznboi128 09-26-2018 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by tegra7 (Post 8920789)
http://i68.tinypic.com/wjt4rn.jpg
Vancouver Technical Secondary back in the 1930's. (My old high school back in the early 2000's).
Holy shit! Where's broadway? lol

Tone Loc 09-26-2018 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by mikemhg (Post 8870285)
I'm laughing at how the Lion's Gate bridge still carries the same 3 lanes to this day, that it did 50 years ago. To think how much this city's population was grown from half a century ago, and yet much of our roads, and infrastructure remains the same, meanwhile we're carrying some of the highest prices for real estate in the modern world.

It's very bizarre, and unfortunate. BC has always had the reputation in Canada as the "Wild West" when it comes to government corruption. It makes me really wonder how much tax payer money has been siphoned away to darker means, rather than improving the much needed infrastructure this city really requires. It's baffling to me.
I've been living in the GTA for almost a year now and traffic is just as bad here, if not worse. I also lived near Montreal for 5 months last year and the traffic is terrible there too.

I've come to realize that there's only so much $$ you can spend on infrastructure on the 2nd largest (by landmass) country in the world using taxes collected from a population size less than that of the state of California....

My contribution. Buddy's dad the day he bought his first new car after immigrating to Vancouver, Canada:

https://i.imgur.com/9IiIBcE.jpg

GS8 11-27-2018 01:33 PM
‘Terminal City’: Extraordinary Photos of Vancouver 1972-1982

Before gentrification

Bouncing Bettys 11-27-2018 02:03 PM
^Popeye Doyle wouldn't seem out of place crackin skulls in a few of those images.

MG1 01-19-2019 07:44 PM
I was listening to music on the ol' stere-O.

Gawd I love music. Been a musician all my life. I often wAndered how I even got into music and it dawned on me. I lived on Powell Street above a fricken Cabaret/Nightclub. The Phoenix Nightclub. Flashing neon lights outside the bedroom and dat bass. Went to sleep listening to music from downstairs. Anyway.............

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...s-bottle-clubs



The Smilin' Buddha and Oil Can Harry's, :lawl:

Go-Go Dancers, ftmfw!

twitchyzero 01-19-2019 08:43 PM
any streets in the lower mainland with well-preserved historic homes that isn't all like $10M+ mansions?

like the modest sized houses in the mt. pleasant and kits area, but less dumpy looking? :lawl:

MG1 05-28-2019 04:39 PM
Chong Lee building on the corner of Rupert and 22nd Avenue is no more. It used to be a Stongs, years ago. Anyone know what it was before that?

MG1 05-28-2019 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tegra7 (Post 8920789)
http://i68.tinypic.com/wjt4rn.jpg
Vancouver Technical Secondary back in the 1930's. (My old high school back in the early 2000's).
Where's Broadway? LOL.

NVM, it's there.............

hirevtuner 05-28-2019 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by MG1 (Post 8949162)
Chong Lee building on the corner of Rupert and 22nd Avenue is no more. It used to be a Stongs, years ago. Anyone know what it was before that?
i believe it used to be a safeway

Bonka 05-28-2019 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MG1 (Post 8949162)
Chong Lee building on the corner of Rupert and 22nd Avenue is no more. It used to be a Stongs, years ago. Anyone know what it was before that?
That building (built in the 50's) was re-developed several times over the decades. Someone older and familiar with the area can confirm but previous research indicated it might have been some sort of mechanic/auto-related business. Originally, the building was a mix of small businesses with no major anchor tenant.

Actually, before Stong's left the area, it was originally located kitty corner during the 60-70s, where the 7-Eleven is now.

StylinRed 05-28-2019 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MG1 (Post 8949162)
Chong Lee building on the corner of Rupert and 22nd Avenue is no more. It used to be a Stongs, years ago. Anyone know what it was before that?
theyre just getting a new building but I hear all the shops will be back in there

im shocked the comic book store is still across the street! I thought the place closed down ages ago! used to go there all the time as a kid, then moved away, then my ex lived nearby, and I was like nooo way my comic shop!

MG1 05-28-2019 06:55 PM
It’s sad to see Lucky Bakery close down.It was between the 7-Eleven and The restaurant. Next to some nail/salon place. The cakes and whatnot were okay, but the owner was a nice guy. Very hard worker. I supported his business as long as I could. I moved out of the area, but kept going there. Christmas and birthday cakes. Got their buns on a weekly basis. Hope he retired and not leave because he went broke.

MG1 05-28-2019 06:56 PM
That comic shop must be a front or something. How does it stay in business?

StylinRed 05-29-2019 09:22 AM
Lmao I think the owner owns the building, lives upstairs or something, and just has the comic shop due to their passion lol

Ah ya my ex liked that bakery's stuff too, she was sad to see it go too

MG1 05-29-2019 09:46 AM
Owns the building, lives upstairs............. that’ll work. Have your cake and eat it, too. No connection to Lucky Bakery. Maybe the baker’s rent was too high and he’s opened up shop somewheres else. He seemed to like what he was doing. Maybe he works for someone else now. A really good friend of mine owned a stereo shop in Richmond. He was doing well, but he realized working for someone else made way more sense. Less headache. Let someone else worry about running the business.

danned 05-29-2019 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by hirevtuner (Post 8949169)
i believe it used to be a safeway
before T&T in first ave and renfrew
there was safeway

roastpuff 05-30-2019 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by MG1 (Post 8949175)
It’s sad to see Lucky Bakery close down.It was between the 7-Eleven and The restaurant. Next to some nail/salon place. The cakes and whatnot were okay, but the owner was a nice guy. Very hard worker. I supported his business as long as I could. I moved out of the area, but kept going there. Christmas and birthday cakes. Got their buns on a weekly basis. Hope he retired and not leave because he went broke.
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Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 8949235)
Ah ya my ex liked that bakery's stuff too, she was sad to see it go too
I think the guy retired, it was last year or the year before I think.

The 7-11 complex is getting demolished, going to have more condos there if what I heard is correct - the lot got sold. The hair salon is moving down to where Prince Seafood Restaurant is, no idea where e.Tea or the other shops are moving to.

hirevtuner 05-30-2019 04:47 PM
same 711 complex used to have a pho place between the bakery and hair salon but moved out years ago and went to hastings st, so i'm guessing the rent was too high

LightKeeper 06-03-2019 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by roastpuff (Post 8949341)
The 7-11 complex is getting demolished, going to have more condos there if what I heard is correct
Having a condo there would be awesome.

MG1 06-23-2019 07:05 AM
Question for you old timers............. what was at Kingsgate Mall before Buy Low showed up? I also noticed a Nesters is in that area now.

Badhobz 06-23-2019 07:13 AM
i thought it used to be a safeway.

whats the deal with that mall. its such a prime location but its the ghettoest mall in vancouver up there with the tinseltown as one of the most unprofitable malls.

fliptuner 06-23-2019 08:35 AM
IGA in the 80's

Coren 06-23-2019 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 8951697)
i thought it used to be a safeway.

whats the deal with that mall. its such a prime location but its the ghettoest mall in vancouver up there with the tinseltown as one of the most unprofitable malls.
i believe the land is owned by the vancouver school board and they don't want to get rid of it


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