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Originally Posted by Spectre_Cdn
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.
Kerrisdale Cameras is still there.
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Computer place in Lansdowne was called "Compucenter", which was actually owned by Future Shop, so when they eventually closed down they had no sale whatsoever, all the remaining stock was then sold across the street at FS. From what I recall it was a bit like "Fry's Electronics" in the states, but watered down.
That playplace in Lansdowne was called "Bonkers" - one of my friends held his birthday party there once; it was great
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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic
Kind of surprised nobody has mentioned Steveston. It has changed a lot too.
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Remember when Moncton street wasn't flooded with townhouses on the side, and when there was NO traffic there whatsoever (free parking too)
Not so much steveston but... IRONWOOD mall and COPPERSMITH mall brought that entire area up (the Steveston Hwy + No.5 road area)
Oh yeah, and remember when Playdium planned to build a new facility next to Kwantlen? (OMG I WAS SO HYPED)