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Originally Posted by Captain Picard
I'm nowhere near "old" - only 20, but have some random stuff to share mostly in Richmond...
Remember when the lansdowne Future Shop used to be across the street (beside what is now sport mart)? Hell they had the craziest TV display on the back wall, thinking back - I wonder how much electricity they used to run that display? As well, parking there was 10x as bad as it is now...
In that same area, I very clearly remember Hazelbridge way being a single lane road, with nothing but a 4-way stop on the Alexandra (McD) intersection. It was smooth sailing, no crazy drivers, no congestion.
London Drugs used to be where No.3 Staples is right now - again, that entire area was congestion free ALL THE TIME.
Oh yeah... one thing I am sure everyone misses - a construction free, pothole free, No.3 road.
That's all I can think of now!
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And not so long ago, Lansdowne Best Buy used to be a Safeway. The current Future Shop used to be Zellers, which moved to the other side of the mall. Near Gingeri, there used to be a huge playcentre sort of like those McDonald's kids areas but 10x bigger (forgot what it was called). There was also an Eaton's, with a restaurant upstairs where Zellers is now. After Eaton's closed, that space was a GM showroom for a while... no salespeople just full lines of GM cars in the mall. Winners used to be a computer store.
In Richmond Centre, there used to be a Zellers where Sport Chek is now, with a Kernels and Pet Habitat next door where Old Navy is now.
Around Christmas time, there was also a free trolley bus (like the Stanley Park trolleys) that went from mall to mall, including the old Aberdeen.
Almost every bus in Richmond used to go to downtown Vancouver because there were no dedicated Vancouver buses.
Other than the malls... there isn't much I can remember. Oh and there were NO CONDOS in the city centre 16 years ago.
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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic
Ah.......... Richmond. I recall quieter times too. My buddy owned a stereo shop in Times Square. Two doors down from Canton Wunton House, my favourite hole in the wall. They are now in South Richmond. They are called Danny's Kitchen, IIRC. Best curry brisket on rice and decent wunton.
I haven't been anywhere near Times Square. I gather Kerrisdale Cameras is gone too.
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Kerrisdale Cameras is still there.