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Blinky · 09-03-2009, 10:46 PM

Wow. What an awesome thread.

Some random memories:

I remember going to Oakridge Mall as a kid. They were doing some massive renovations... Oakridge used to be open-air (the fountains were open to the elements). The color scheme was this serious retro blue & green, not the simple white that is there to this day.

Granville Toyota once really was a car dealership. There's still the service center on the NW corner (beside the Shell) but the NE corner used to have a dealer lot. It's now a HSBC and Hot Pot Restaurant.

On the NE corner of Cambie and King Ed there used to be a White spot with carhop service. I kind of miss it - it was a random place for that kind of business. There were many old Safeways that became something else... one on Vic near 49th (now a Value Village), Fraser and 45th (now a Buy-Low).

Though I don't remember 89blkcivic's Chinatown, the Chinatown I went to as a kid is seriously different from the one there today. There used to be two Chinese short-order places every block (incidentally, Kam Gok Yuen mentioned earlier is still open). Now I think there are only one or two left in all of Chinatown. On Pender west of Main there used to be a row of cutesy Chinese junk-gift stores that my sister loved to frequent. Don't know if any of them are still there.

How about Main street? There used to be a row of car dealerships around 19th ave. The last one, a Ford dealership, just moved away recently.

Cambie and Broadway has changed too. Where the Save-On/Crappy Tire complex was used to have GM dealership... and then a SportMart for a few years before it was cratered for what's there right now. The Wendy's there had an operating lower floor

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The NW corner used to have Fairchild Plaza, and Dai Masu, which was my first "regular" sushi place. I remember that Dai Masu had a pretty good view of Downtown Vancouver, save the stupid McDicks sign.

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Blinky Need to Seek Professional Help Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 604 Posts: 1,049 Thanked 160 Times in 80 Posts Failed 84 Times in 14 Posts	Wow. What an awesome thread. Some random memories: I remember going to Oakridge Mall as a kid. They were doing some massive renovations... Oakridge used to be open-air (the fountains were open to the elements). The color scheme was this serious retro blue & green, not the simple white that is there to this day. Granville Toyota once really was a car dealership. There's still the service center on the NW corner (beside the Shell) but the NE corner used to have a dealer lot. It's now a HSBC and Hot Pot Restaurant. On the NE corner of Cambie and King Ed there used to be a White spot with carhop service. I kind of miss it - it was a random place for that kind of business. There were many old Safeways that became something else... one on Vic near 49th (now a Value Village), Fraser and 45th (now a Buy-Low). Though I don't remember 89blkcivic's Chinatown, the Chinatown I went to as a kid is seriously different from the one there today. There used to be two Chinese short-order places every block (incidentally, Kam Gok Yuen mentioned earlier is still open). Now I think there are only one or two left in all of Chinatown. On Pender west of Main there used to be a row of cutesy Chinese junk-gift stores that my sister loved to frequent. Don't know if any of them are still there. How about Main street? There used to be a row of car dealerships around 19th ave. The last one, a Ford dealership, just moved away recently. Cambie and Broadway has changed too. Where the Save-On/Crappy Tire complex was used to have GM dealership... and then a SportMart for a few years before it was cratered for what's there right now. The Wendy's there had an operating lower floor . The NW corner used to have Fairchild Plaza, and Dai Masu, which was my first "regular" sushi place. I remember that Dai Masu had a pretty good view of Downtown Vancouver, save the stupid McDicks sign.