[quasi]

Rogers was seemingly the first to offer broadband internet. Remember the joys of having dat cable modem probably 1999/2000

Yup, still on that same account well it got transferred to shaw when they made the deal to stay out of each others areas but essentially still same account. :)

[quasi]

Speaking of TV and other telecommunication, I remember one of my older cousins bragging to me that he just bought a new.....pager.

Forgot about a big cellphone the size of water bottle. That cousin back in the day thought having a Cantel pager was cool as a university student. :lawl:

We all had those in the mid 90's lol.

[Spoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70rJlv5hVOk&ab_channel=CBCVancouver

[mikemhg]

Rogers was seemingly the first to offer broadband internet. Remember the joys of having dat cable modem probably 1999/2000

I remember that metal ass modem weighed a ton too.

[6793026]

Yup, saw the gold stone being listed for 500k

[SkunkWorks]

Damn, I remember going there with my parents on Saturday mornings for a quick breakfast before heading to Chinese school at the cultural centre.

Became one of my favourite breakfast places for a bor lor yau when I needed to escape DT prior to heading into the office.

[MG1]

All I remember is the stench. Homeless people used the place to do whatever it is they do.

[keifun]

Fond memories of Gold Stone. It's sad to see our chinatown disintegrate while in other cities, theirs is still alive and well :okay:

[JqC]

Fond memories of Gold Stone. It's sad to see our chinatown disintegrate while in other cities, theirs is still alive and well :okay:

No kidding. I spent countless hours in Chinatown as a kid as that was our main grocery spot growing up. Groceries, meals, haircuts, toys and slippers.
Man I have soooo many more memories of hanging out in Chinatown vs other parts of the city.
6 or 7 years ago I parked by Strathcona school every, and walked through Chinatown Keefer or Pender to work at an office by Tinseltown. Even back then I saw first hand how Chinatown had changed from it's heyday.

Last year I visited San Francisco Chinatown for the first time. Man it was an incredible experience.
It was probably 2 or 3 times the size of Vancouver Chinatown. And the streets were PACKED. So many of the shops were as authentic as Chinatown as it gets. From the grocers to the herbal stores to the restaurants.
I loved hearing so many of the Chinese people speak the "villager" dialects I grew up with LOL.
I don't know what San Fran's Chinatown was like back in the day. But to me it felt like it was absolutely thriving.
Couldn't help but think "Man. This place is incredible compared to our Chinatown...." :okay:

[tofu1413]

gonna miss the OG "kids meal"

:okay: used to go there on weekends regularly. usually twice a month just for groceries and baked goods.


sigh. there goes another fond memory. Vancouver is slowly erasing its character and becoming even more dull.

[StylinRed]

Our Chinatown has been on a slow decline for ages, but that's because we have such a large and established Asian community in Vancouver, so our Chinatown is basically everywhere in the city

Chinatown in other cities are still thriving because they don't really have a Richmond, or Kingsway, etc

[Spoon]

Richmond = New Chinatown

[Teriyaki]

Just the fact that all our memories of this restaurant is from AGES ago and none of us regularly patron it anymore speaks volumes.

[MG1]

It's not a Chinatown unless it has a gate.

Canada Post Celebrates Chinese Canadian Heritage With Chinatown Gates Issue 2642 - Welcome to Stamp Starfish (http://www.stampstarfish.com/canada-post-celebrates-chinese-canadian-heritage-with-chinatown-gates-issue-2642/)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Gate_(San_Francisco)

[matrixfwd]

how fast was the cable internet back then? i remember it was cool to have it 24/7 without having to take up a phone line.


Rogers was seemingly the first to offer broadband internet. Remember the joys of having dat cable modem probably 1999/2000

[mikemhg]

^Think it was 1/2MBs back then.

[mikemhg]

Think Telus ISDN was 500K back then too.

[underscore]

Don't you mean BCTel?

[Teriyaki]

Reaching far in the recesses of my mind, but before Telus wasn't there some small start-up named ClearTel or something like that that had similar branding to the Telus of today..

Oh, and Rogers Cantel AT&T was it? Not just Rogers quite yet...

[bcrdukes]

Reaching far in the recesses of my mind, but before Telus wasn't there some small start-up named ClearTel or something like that that had similar branding to the Telus of today..

Oh, and Rogers Cantel AT&T was it? Not just Rogers quite yet...

I think you meant Clearnet. They were a digital PCS wireless provider based out of Ontario, and was purchased by Telus, and continued to adopt their animal-themed adversiting strategy.

Rogers wireless business brand was originally Cantel, then came Cantel AT&T for when AT&T invested as a major stakeholder in building out their wireless network until Rogers bought back the shares and for it to become Rogers Wireless.

[fliptuner]

https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/IeQzDL0q6WXqXHDy5hblnQ/o.jpg

[bcrdukes]

Wow, I remember the San Francisco store at Metrotown. My parents never let me go there and told me only retards and social rejects shop there. :lol

[fliptuner]

I only ever bought stink bombs from there.

[punkwax]

Wow, I remember the San Francisco store at Metrotown. My parents never let me go there and told me only retards and social rejects shop there. :lol

:okay:

I only ever bought stink bombs from there.

Ah yes the stink bombs in those little glass vials. The fart spray was awful as well.

I bought nudie cards when I was like 12.. couldn’t believe they let me buy them. Big 2 with my buddies was awesome after that though!

[bobbinka]

Horseshoe Bay 1918

https://i.redd.it/fd159kyu9au51.jpg

[pastarocket]

A good video about Vancouver way back in the 1930s.

-video shows the downtown area around Georgia and Granville:


https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/video/time-travel-video-1930s-vancouver-bc-2729653

[Teriyaki]

Horseshoe Bay 1918

https://i.redd.it/fd159kyu9au51.jpg


^ Oh wow, are those the fast ferries we spent a bunch of money on?

Speaking of Fast Ferries, its already been 25 years...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-fast-ferries-25-years-ndp-wake-1.5186615

[tegra7]

https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/IeQzDL0q6WXqXHDy5hblnQ/o.jpg

Is this store still around? I remember going there as a kid and looking at all the gross stuff at the back

[Hondaracer]

You didn’t want a pocket pussy?

[StylinRed]

Part of BC history that I had no clue about (seems like a good place to post it) apparently in the 1700/1800s thousands of hawaiians immigrated to the gulf islands, they were called Kanakas (meaning 'Person' in hawaiian)

BBC article about it
BBC - Travel - The forgotten Hawaiian islands in Canada (http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201123-canadas-forgotten-hawaiian-islands)

[GS8]

https://i.imgur.com/ESb2BZs.jpg

The intersection of Lougheed & Barnet Hwys. I can't remember the exact year but I think it's late 70s.

When I was a kid, I had a friend who lived up on the Plateau well before it was colonized by another country. It was cool seeing some of the OG homes up there.

[fliptuner]

https://youtu.be/WFzgE1GFEpQ

[Vansterdam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgH7Iwcdieg&feature=emb_title

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/vancouver-news/video-youtuber-explores-vancouvers-abandoned-point-grey-battery-3360641?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=VIA_facebook&fbclid=IwAR2MJqPen3TcX77J9SnteetEOwu6Gf1K8pqr2rclY oe1lrY5sU_zbGkFC54

[Liquid_o2]

This might be a shot in the dark - does anyone remember the giant Skytrain bridge mural in Guildford Town Center that they had in the 80's and 90's prior to the renovation of the mall?

Nobody in my family remembers, and I have never been able to find an image of it online. It was huge, right above the old food court. I loved looking at it every time I went there!

[Hondaracer]

Where above the food court like back in the main section of the mall by where San Fran was?

[Liquid_o2]

Yah exactly! I think it was the 2nd floor hallway where London Drugs still is.

[Hondaracer]

Hmm I’m trying to remember but don’t recall..

[Vansterdam]

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/vancouver-news/a-vancouver-developer-is-saving-a-century-old-corner-store-and-preserving-its-legacy-3542484?fbclid=IwAR2IU5FdZkrweHwe37BqCckRtf0hxqhQb xrJNL_6__8qiEXSBHlq0ewu76k

https://www.vmcdn.ca/files/via/files/b.k.groceryhistoricalsummary.pdf?utm_source=vancou ver%20is%20awesome&utm_campaign=vancouver%20is%20awesome&utm_medium=referral

Neighbourhood Historical Information
Street and place names:
East 34th Avenue – In South Vancouver was originally Bodwell Road prior to 1910. South
Vancouver By-law 141, 1910 changed Bodwell Road to East 35th Avenue east of Cambie
Street. Then in 1929, after amalgamation, East 35th Avenue became East 34th Avenue.
Nanaimo Street – Shown on Plan 100, a resurvey of Hastings Townsite in 1906, and
named after the provincial government after the Nanaimo Mining Division. Nanaimo Street
was Vancouver’s eastern boundary from 1886 until 1910, when the sparsely settled
Hastings Townsite to the east voted to amalgamate with it. The jogs in the east-west roads
north of First Avenue (an area settled by the time of the amalgamation) reflect the different
surveys on either side of the old boundary line. Vancouver’s southern boundary was at
16th Avenue until 1929, where it abutted the municipalities of South Vancouver and Point
Grey.
Kingsway - Originally a foot trail for local First Nations, it then became a wagon road in
the mid-19th century. Stretching diagonally from Vancouver’s Main Street just south of East
7th Avenue and becoming 12th Street at the Burnaby-New Westminster border, Kingsway
is a living part of our region’s history and cultural fabric.
It was named after Kingsway, a thoroughfare in London, England. Completed in 1906 and
named in honour of King Edward VII. Vancouver By- law 1114, 1913 (covering the
distance between Main and Knight Streets), and South Vancouver By-law 197, 1913
(covering the distance from Knight Street to Boundary Road), changed Westminster Road to
Kingsway.
In 1911, Vancouver By-law 842 changed New Westminster Road to Westminster Road.
There was no comparable South Vancouver By-law. The Granville and New Westminster
Road, shown on Plan 187 (1885), was the popular name for the trail slashed between New
Westminster and the Granville Townsite. This trail was also known as the False Creek Trail,
constructed in 1860 on the recommendation of Colonel Moody, to link New Westminster
with the government reserve on English Bay.
Westminster Road became the auto route heading south once the Fraser River was bridged
at New Westminster in 1904. Nine years later Westminster Road was widened and paved
with asphalt. Vancouver City Council celebrated by changing the name to Kingsway. On
the improved route’s opening in October 1913, some 600 cars paraded four abreast along
Kingsway’s pockets of settlement amidst farms and empty lots to a celebration at Central
Park in Burnaby.
The booming 1920s made it possible for more and more families to afford an automobile
and thereby holiday trips no longer dependent on public transportation. Together with gas
stations, garages, and cafes, Kingsway acquired its first auto camps.
Determination grew to widen Kingsway to three lanes in each direction. No sooner had the
cost of the 1913 improvements been repaid in 1925, the talk began. Some work was
completed during the early 1930s, but it took until the end of the Second World War for
2308 East 34th Ave. Historical Research Summary
Prepared by Christine Hagemoen, July 2020
11
the project to get underway and until 1949 for it to be completed. By then Kingsway was
the main arterial highway not only heading south but also east along the new TransCanada Highway. Kingsway was re-opened as a six-lane highway between Vancouver and
New Westminster In 1949. It was described as ‘strikingly handsome’ in the newspapers.
However, the future so optimistically envisioned for Kingsway was not to be. Across North
America, the first generation of roads was mostly bypassed by extensive highway
construction beginning in the 1950s.
Source: “Street Names of Vancouver” (1990) by Elizabeth Walker;
https://2400motel.com/car-culture/ ; Birmingham & Wood Architects Planners “2400 Motel
Statement of Significance for The City of Vancouver” January 2007;
https://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/place-that-matters/original-border-ofvancouver/
Significant historic buildings/businesses in the surrounding neighbourhood:
2400 Motel – 2400 Kingsway –constructed in 1946 just north of 33rd Avenue between
Nanaimo and Slocan. Its original name of 2400 Court signaled the growing sophistication
of accommodations. Auto camps were giving way to auto courts, which offered a common
open space, or ‘court,’ fronting furnished bungalows with kitchenettes. A large blue and
red neon sign greeted travelers as they crested the hill to 2400 and viewed Vancouver in
the distance. Car culture was at its height, and a future filled with tourists appeared to be
assured. The buoyant postwar economy permitted more and more families not only to own
cars but to afford the leisure they facilitated. The 2400 Motel was one of the first drive-in
motels in the area, and is now the last.
Source: https://2400motel.com/car-culture/ ; Birmingham & Wood Architects Planners
“2400 Motel Statement of Significance for The City of Vancouver” January 2007.
John Norquay School - 4710 Slocan St & Annex (B) – 5330 Nanaimo Street – 1913 –
present. Named for John Norquay (1841-1889), the first Premier of Manitoba. Originally
built in the Municipality of South Vancouver. "The school, opened in August 1913 under
the principalship of Mr. J. A. Hamilton previously in charge of Brock School, consisted of
four divisions, a fifth division being added during the term." By the 1919-1920 school year,
the enrollment had risen to 344 students. The first Norquay Annex (A) opened at 3323
Slocan Street in 1928 until 1955. In 1959, Norquay Annex (B) opened at 5330 Nanaimo
Street at E. 37th Avenue, which was replaced by Cunningham Elementary School in 1966.
George T. Cunningham Elementary School - 2330 East 37th Avenue - 1966 – present.
Named for George T. Cunningham (1889-1965), Vancouver politician and founder of
Cunningham Drug Stores Ltd. (now Shoppers Drug Mart). Replaced Norquay Annex (B).

[MarkyMark]

This might be a shot in the dark - does anyone remember the giant Skytrain bridge mural in Guildford Town Center that they had in the 80's and 90's prior to the renovation of the mall?

Nobody in my family remembers, and I have never been able to find an image of it online. It was huge, right above the old food court. I loved looking at it every time I went there!

I remember it. I think it was the view of someone standing on the Alex Fraser Bridge, looking at the Putullo/SkyTrain, and then you could see the old Port Mann off in the distance. Totally forgot about it till you mentioned it but I always looked at it as a kid

[Liquid_o2]

I remember it. I think it was the view of someone standing on the Alex Fraser Bridge, looking at the Putullo/SkyTrain, and then you could see the old Port Mann off in the distance. Totally forgot about it till you mentioned it but I always looked at it as a kid

Yes, that is right! The view was looking down the Fraser River, and I remember that the SkyTrain and Pattullo bridges were in the foreground.

I'm glad someone else remembers it. I wonder if I contacted the mall owners if they would have any historic photos of it.

[tegra7]

Vancouver Technical Secondary 1916-


https://i.ibb.co/sPRQzY2/VT1.jpg (https://ibb.co/MhSpQ0s)
https://i.ibb.co/G5Gg5Hv/VT2.jpg (https://ibb.co/4VCBV1Z)
https://i.ibb.co/4sfSgZS/VT3.jpg (https://ibb.co/gv7WFMW)
https://i.ibb.co/DzRdKPz/VRT4.jpg (https://ibb.co/NtyRYgt)
https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/heritage/archives/secondary-schools/vancouver-technical/

[SumAznGuy]

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/vancouver-news/this-century-old-advertisement-was-uncovered-by-recent-construction-in-vancouver-3663450

https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/via/images/historic-images/east-hastings-sign.jpg;w=960;h=640;bgcolor=000000

[pastarocket]

That's a great story about the history of this bakery sign.

I wonder if there is any chance that this sign will be preserved?

[Hondaracer]

I’m tempted to go there and cut out a section if it’s just gonna Be scrapped

[bcrdukes]

Vancouver Technical Secondary 1916

Does anybody know what that chimney stack at the back of the school is? I don't recall if it still exists or not.

[Vansterdam]

Google Earth launches time lapse feature so you can watch Vancouver grow from 1984 to 2020

https://earth.google.com/web/data=CjISMBIgNTQ0MGExNzMxYzI1MTFlYTk0NDM4YmI2ODk0N DUyOTciDG1haW5Ob1JhbmRvbQ?utm_campaign=vancouver+i s+awesome&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=vancouver+is+awesome

A new feature of Google Earth allows a little bit of time travel.

The interactive map now has a timelapse feature, allowing people to see what cities looked like (from the perspective of a satellite) each year from 1984 to 2020. Users can watch neighbourhoods grow, logging and buildings like Rogers Arena appear.

Google took 24 million satellite photos and stitched them together to create the ever-changing map. It can switch between 2D and 3D mode as well, which creates an interesting viewing experience.

Now anyone can watch time unfold and witness nearly four decades of planetary change," states Rebecca Moore, the director of Google Earth, Earth Engine & Outreach. "Our planet has seen rapid environmental change in the past half-century — more than any other point in human history."

[SumAznGuy]

Does anybody know what that chimney stack at the back of the school is? I don't recall if it still exists or not.

This got me curious. It's been over 25 years since I graduated from there but it looks like over the past years they've done a lot of renos to the school. The mechanic shop used to be on the east side of the school with the garage bays opening to the south but now they've moved it to the Flex building and the bays open to the east.
Looks like the smoke stack is still there.

They've removed the gravel field and added in another grass field.

The portables at the back is gone.

But from the overhead view, the smoke stack is still there.

No idea what it was used for.

[bcrdukes]

Damn, son. 25 years haha (But still young at heart!) :D

I never had any friends growing up in high school who went to Van Tech, although to be fair, I went to Britannia and anyone who went to Van Tech that we knew was likely kicked out and transferred there and so it did not garner the best reputation hahaha

[SumAznGuy]

Damn, son. 25 years haha (But still young at heart!) :D

I never had any friends growing up in high school who went to Van Tech, although to be fair, I went to Britannia and anyone who went to Van Tech that we knew was likely kicked out and transferred there and so it did not garner the best reputation hahaha

Haha, yeah when I was there, things had gotten a lot better.
Terry Driver was grad 86, so I missed him by a bit.

I remember a few guys who got kicked out in grades 8 or 9 but after that ever guy was there till grad. I think a few girls got burnt out and something happened and didn't graduate till a few years later. I know 2 girls ended up being strippers. :fullofwin:

[bcrdukes]

lol did you ever end up seeing them in action? :troll:

[SumAznGuy]

lol did you ever end up seeing them in action? :troll:

1 of them yes. She worked at Cecil when it was still around.
The other one was working in Toronto.

[bcrdukes]

1 of them yes. She worked at Cecil when it was still around.
The other one was working in Toronto.

Was it awkward seeing her? The Cecil was a Vancouver legend - https://www.straight.com/news/cecils-legendary-stripper-bar-closes-make-room-new-condo-tower

I wonder if the other was at The Brass Rail? :D

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-the-looming-end-of-torontos-brass-rail-tavern/

[SumAznGuy]

Was it awkward seeing her? The Cecil was a Vancouver legend - https://www.straight.com/news/cecils-legendary-stripper-bar-closes-make-room-new-condo-tower

I wonder if the other was at The Brass Rail? :D

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-the-looming-end-of-torontos-brass-rail-tavern/

Would have been if I asked her for a lap dance.
I hid in the back with all the other pervs making that one beer last the whole night. :okay:

[fliptuner]

https://youtu.be/dsyBznAHBEw

[MG1]

And, they serve McPizza and other cool McDonald’s items from around the world. Now that would be awesome. Wishful thinking.

[Blah_Teggie]

Probably already posted on here before. But came across this on Youtube. I'm sure many of you will know where this was filmed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXIZdhoJmY4

[EvoFire]

Probably already posted on here before. But came across this on Youtube. I'm sure many of you will know where this was filmed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXIZdhoJmY4

Good luck closing down the whole Knight and 91 interchange for filming nowadays

[jaretron]

Probably already posted on here before. But came across this on Youtube. I'm sure many of you will know where this was filmed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXIZdhoJmY4

Thank you for posting that, I have never seen it before and that was both thrilling and a real nice nostalgic trip through the lower mainland.

[N.V.M.]

Dabney Fucking Coleman! lmao.

[SumAznGuy]

Co-worker told me to look up this scene from Bird on a Wire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ties2rcwa68

[bcrdukes]

Wow. I used to live literally across the street from there! I remember exactly that's how it used to look like.

[Vansterdam]

https://youtu.be/qiOIQUh60Co

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/stanley-parks-9-oclock-gun-hasnt-been-firing-for-over-a-week-heres-why-4531014?fbclid=IwAR3Xd9ArfoBBV4MOiCFkVlB6bR6lF02We 9znRa7V0RnWE3BCa3qUqpJ2CKE

[snowball]

Co-worker told me to look up this scene from Bird on a Wire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ties2rcwa68

E Georgia and Gore if anyone is wondering, sad, Chinatown ain't what it used to be.

[MG1]

https://youtu.be/qiOIQUh60Co

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/stanley-parks-9-oclock-gun-hasnt-been-firing-for-over-a-week-heres-why-4531014?fbclid=IwAR3Xd9ArfoBBV4MOiCFkVlB6bR6lF02We 9znRa7V0RnWE3BCa3qUqpJ2CKE

RS 9 O'Clock Gun Meat. I've always wanted to see the thing in action.

Van Damn, bring along your GF............... :troll:

photoshoot?

[Vansterdam]

RS 9 O'Clock Gun Meat. I've always wanted to see the thing in action.

Van Damn, bring along your GF............... :troll:

photoshoot?

this is actually my all time fave spot in the city/time to blaze at lol

back in the day I swear I could hear it as far away as Renfrew Elementary.

just gotta look at your clock when it hits 9 but its been broken for the past couple weeks

[Hondaracer]

I hear it at 8:59 (according to my phone) almost every day, although generally not when its overcast or any time its socked in and sound doesnt travel, it really rolls up our street

I was at Mahoney and Sons one night for drinks on their patio and it went off and was loud AF lol.. everyone jumped

[MG1]

https://www.change.org/p/protect-and-restore-an-art-deco-masterpiece-in-vancouver

block away from where I grew up. It was a beautiful building when it was new. No pictures of it when it was in decent shape. wAnder why? Across the street was the main post office and kitty corner was Safeway, complete with a parking lot. other corner was the First United Church. really nice underground parking lot.......... neighbourhood kids played roller hockey there on weekends. We're talking late 50's to 60's.

[MG1]

Damn....... found a picture of the post office. I went there often. My stamp collecting days.

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/orange-hall-hastings-and-gore/

[MG1]

One more link............

https://vancouver-historical-society.ca/summaries_2006_2010.htm


still no images of the old Safeway.

[fliptuner]

https://youtu.be/rLIfy0Y7PEs

[tegra7]

New Westminster to Downtown Vancouver on the old Interurban 1950.



https://youtu.be/0JEXE-7e-DU

[MG1]

It's amazing that even though the streets don't look anywhere what they're like today, you can still figure out where the footage was taken by the background. Mountains don't change all that much over time. Yeah, pretty much what is was like back then......... things really started to change a lot in the mid 60's.


The spinning tea cup with the servers going around it. Priceless. Can't remember the name of the place. The Aristocrat?

[MG1]

https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/history-of-vancouver-restaurants-a-chronology-and-memories

If you're into Vancouver restaurant history.

[EvoFire]

Holy crap those interurbans are not slow at all.

[MG1]

Just got an e-mail notification of Burger King's Labour Day BOGO for Whopper or Whopper Jr.

App only. One time use. Valid until September 02.

That's not why the post. I remember the Burger King on Main Street. Good memories. Anyone got pics of the building or a link to it? I also remember the one in Richmond before they moved.

[unit]

sometimes i forget that that bk is even gone. went there a lot in my teens when i was going to church in strathcona

[68style]

In some weird way, even back then, you didn't eat actual meat either :troll:

[radeonboy]

Just got an e-mail notification of Burger King's Labour Day BOGO for Whopper or Whopper Jr.

App only. One time use. Valid until September 02.

That's not why the post. I remember the Burger King on Main Street. Good memories. Anyone got pics of the building or a link to it? I also remember the one in Richmond before they moved.

Wonder if it can stack today with Whooper Wednesdays.

[EvoFire]

I remember when the London Drugs on Victoria and 41st was built, but I don't remember what was there before. Does anyone remember?

Also a lot of the LD around the city are on a strip mall type property where they are the major anchor. Does HY Louie actually own all these properties?

[bcrdukes]

sometimes i forget that that bk is even gone. went there a lot in my teens when i was going to church in strathcona

WTF? Which church did you go to in Strathcona? I grew up there. :suspicious:

[unit]

there was a korean congregation at the strathcona church at pender and princess, directly across from the elementary school. i went there from around 2001 to maybe 2005 until i shunned the lord and converted to satanism.

[bcrdukes]

Wow, that was the old St. Francis Xavier Church before the moved to Great Northern Way. We were out of Strathcona in 2000.

[MG1]

It became an annex at one point. Strath was bursting at the seams when I went. Just under 1500 students. Best hot lunch programme and the meanest bitch of a dentist. We were forced to go. Twice a year................ had nightmares because of her.

Principal Barton was stern but nice. Later, VP Mr. Eton. Lol, we made his life miserable. I think we made him quit.

https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/heritage/2019/03/27/early-history-of-strathcona-elementary-school/

That pic of the public library bus. It was so cool.

The space where it parked was where we played street hockey.

[RabidRat]

I remember when the London Drugs on Victoria and 41st was built, but I don't remember what was there before. Does anyone remember?

Safeway!

That development still feels new to me.

[RabidRat]

What the heck, how did the thread get closed?!

[MG1]

What you talking 'bout, Willis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw9oX-kZ_9k

[MG1]

Holy crap............ just spent the last hour or so checking out this thread from the beginning. Crazy how things have changed so much since the original post.

Best part is remembering the old members who used to frequent RS back then........

[tegra7]

BC Place construction 1983
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/whsgyWNuxyHdNkn4/?mibextid=14AR8G

[coneZONE]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xBLXtZPK9EZb67HQ7

if you guys ever noticed this random gap on the centre median island of E Broadway just east of Renfrew. It doesn't line up with anything, no back lane or driveway. Probably the last remnant of the old Renfrew bus loop for the #9 buses to turn back onto westbound Broadway

[pastarocket]

Do you agree with this map?


https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20241014/7a9e27cc3af77022e7d0871b93fff1ae.jpg


Here is what it had to say about some areas in Metro Vancouver.

Stanley Park = When you start regretting the long walk
Coal Harbour = Mainly empty million dollar condos
Downtown Westside = Afternoon Beers
UBC – Depressed Students
BCIT – Four years of school in two
SFU = The Lonely Mountain
Lonsdale = Like Granville Island but less busy
Richmond = bubble tea, bubble tea, bubble tea
New Westminster = Can’t afford Gastown so I moved here
George Massey Tunnel = The Gridlock Abyssal
Seymour Mountain = poor man’s cypress
Grouse Mountain = third best ski hill
Port Moody = beer!
White Rock = Kits of South Surrey

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[supafamous]

LOL at Pricey Donuts. That's pretty accurate.

[GLOW]

the meanest bitch of a dentist. We were forced to go. Twice a year................ had nightmares because of her.


did she show you the british book of smiles? :alonehappy:


oh great, i'm a normie... i prefer the term brokie though :pokerface:



:okay: FeelsBadMan

[nabs]

Safeway!

That development still feels new to me.

That place went thru a few, Safeway, then Liquidation World, then eventually the whole plaza was developed with the McDonalds and Rogers Video, Max's Bakery. The parking lot is horrendous, has always been.

[coneZONE]

That place went thru a few, Safeway, then Liquidation World, then eventually the whole plaza was developed with the McDonalds and Rogers Video, Max's Bakery. The parking lot is horrendous, has always been.

only a couple years ago, after all this time, that i found out that 2-level parking just to the north of the London Drugs was also part of the parking for that plaza

[RabidRat]

^ that explains a lot. i always wondered why it was so much infinitely easier to get parking on that structure, and it turns out it was because everybody's like you!

[nabs]

^ that explains a lot. i always wondered why it was so much infinitely easier to get parking on that structure, and it turns out it was because everybody's like you!

Thats my go to place when parking there, the above ground of the two level parkade you're almost guaranteed to find a spot because everyone keeps circling the lot in front. The bottom level of the parkade is iffy for me as well.

[Mikoyan]

Just don't back into the spots on the north side. The metal railings on top of the wall are angled in 45 degrees. I've seen SUV windows get smashed/lid damage from people backing in.
Also that one spot where the stairs are looks tempting until some jackass in a truck parks in the driving lane because the can't find a spot.

[RabidRat]

That parking lot really stands out in my memory because the material they use on the floor makes that "squishy" rubber sound lol.

[EvoFire]

It squeaks even when you walk on it with runners!

[Coren]

this popped up on my youtube. thought you might like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af6kaQUjyxw

[Dbone]

I was 5 years old in 86. My dad was given a family VIP pass for the whole season (he was a GP and some of his patients were rich/famous). I only remember a few things about expo like the McBarge, the gondola, the massive ball pit play area, and most of all watching him as he went on the scream machine but then being told I couldn't go because I was too small.

Crazy how humans work. A year of skipping all the lines to the best event in Vancouver until the Olympics in 2010 and my main memory is being upset I couldn't go on the roller coaster.

I'd love to go see what bull shit was in the CCCP booth now.

[MG1]

I was 5 years old in 86. My dad was given a family VIP pass for the whole season (he was a GP and some of his patients were rich/famous). I only remember a few things about expo like the McBarge, the gondola, the massive ball pit play area, and most of all watching him as he went on the scream machine but then being told I couldn't go because I was too small.

Crazy how humans work. A year of skipping all the lines to the best event in Vancouver until the Olympics in 2010 and my main memory is being upset I couldn't go on the roller coaster.

I'd love to go see what bull shit was in the CCCP booth now.

Damn, you're about the same age as my oldest son. Used to go almost every week with the family - family pass. Got my money's worth. It was great. So many things to do. I still have the passports filled with stamps from all the pavilions.

[Mikoyan]

Somehow Jimmy Pattison signed the back of my family pass. I remember my parents hit up the liquidation sales for Expo 86. I had so many Expo shirts growing up that about half the summer pics I have as a kid are wearing an Expo shirt.

I still have a Expo shirt New with Tags in the original plastic bag in my closet. Also, still have one remaining that I still wear. Only at home and it's semi transparent at this stage. They don't make textiles like they used to.

Kept the liquidation sales trend alive with the 2010 Olympics. I have a couple pairs of volunteer snowpants that I bought for $25...

[MG1]

Somehow Jimmy Pattison signed the back of my family pass. I remember my parents hit up the liquidation sales for Expo 86. I had so many Expo shirts growing up that about half the summer pics I have as a kid are wearing an Expo shirt.

I still have a Expo shirt New with Tags in the original plastic bag in my closet. Also, still have one remaining that I still wear. Only at home and it's semi transparent at this stage. They don't make textiles like they used to.

Kept the liquidation sales trend alive with the 2010 Olympics. I have a couple pairs of volunteer snowpants that I bought for $25...

I used to go to the liquidation sales often as they kept bringing new stock onto the sales floor. Lots of freebies, too. The 2010 one was located behind the Brighton Avenue Costco. Where Grimco is. Cariboo Road.

[Mikoyan]

I used to go to the liquidation sales often as they kept bringing new stock onto the sales floor. Lots of freebies, too. The 2010 one was located behind the Brighton Avenue Costco. Where Grimco is. Cariboo Road.

There a location on Annicis Island I think that was the more of the Olympic Committee stuff. Like uniforms, hard goods, equipment etc. The retail goods had liquidation locations all over the place as different local manufacturers were getting rid of stuff too.

I saw a claw machine in Parker place a couple years later that was full of nothing but Quashi plushies.

[bcrdukes]

Somehow Jimmy Pattison signed the back of my family pass. I remember my parents hit up the liquidation sales for Expo 86. I had so many Expo shirts growing up that about half the summer pics I have as a kid are wearing an Expo shirt.

I still have a Expo shirt New with Tags in the original plastic bag in my closet. Also, still have one remaining that I still wear. Only at home and it's semi transparent at this stage. They don't make textiles like they used to.

Kept the liquidation sales trend alive with the 2010 Olympics. I have a couple pairs of volunteer snowpants that I bought for $25...

You'll need to wear the Expo t-shirt at the next Stock & Noob Meet! :fullofwin:

[Mikoyan]

You'll need to wear the Expo t-shirt at the next Stock & Noob Meet! :fullofwin:

I'll wear the repro I had made a few years back.

[supafamous]

https://youtu.be/QqNMp3GHKyw?si=-elpiCF4MOx9VlWB

Was watching this video which sorta explains why so many main roads in Vancouver have a "jog" right around 16th (Victoria to Commercial, Fraser at Kingsway, Knight/Clark, Main/17th) (it's because Vancouver proper's border was 16th avenue back then) and then went down the rabbit hole and found this book that tells the history of Vancouver streets: https://bccd.vpl.ca/pdf/Street_Names_of_Vancouver.pdf

Lots of fascinating stuff that explains a lot about how streets got their names etc.

[MG1]

I thought it was because of a fault. Like the San Andreas.................

Plate techtonics, ftmfw!


Wasn't my fault.

[supafamous]

Reading more about Vancouver streets...if you look on a map you'll see that almost none of the streets on either side of Nanaimo line up with each other and that's because Nanaimo used to be the border of Vancouver and the Hastings Townsite. It was only when the amalgamated that they forced the renaming of the streets but only the major roads (Hastings, 1st and 9th) line up and it's why 22nd goes nowhere when it hits Nanaimo.

Nanaimo used to be called Boundary road at the time too.

And the Hastings Townsite extended south to 29th avenue (between Nanaimo and the new Boundary Road) which is where you then you see the streets go nuts (they are perpendicular to Kingsway instead) because those streets were laid out by the folks of South Vancouver.

[MG1]

Thanks to supafamous, I went down the rabbit hole, too................

https://jolegacy.ca/the-municipality-of-south-vancouver-1892-1929/#:~:text=The%20original%20South%20Vancouver%20stre tched,Lot%20301%20(Main%20Street%20to

[MG1]

Always wanted to know about the neighbourhoods of Vancouver.

https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/local-area-boundary/map/?disjunctive.name&location=13,49.21631,-123.10678

Then a real estate version

https://faithwilson.com/vancouver-neighbourhoods/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_neighbourhoods_in_Vancouver

[supafamous]

Related fun fact: I always thought Ontario street was the dividing street between East and West but it's actually Carrall street (which Ontario aligns with) and where the old Gassy Jack statue was is where the street numbering starts. This explains why our street numbers don't line up with our avenue numbers - it's offset by 1600 (at 1st avenue the house number is 1600) as Gassy Jack is 16 blocks north of 1st.

[Hondaracer]

Related fun fact: I always thought Ontario street was the dividing street between East and West but it's actually Carrall street (which Ontario aligns with) and where the old Gassy Jack statue was is where the street numbering starts. This explains why our street numbers don't line up with our avenue numbers - it's offset by 1600 (at 1st avenue the house number is 1600) as Gassy Jack is 16 blocks north of 1st.

Yea.. I’ve always argued this is such a stupid way to do it

Like on main, you’re at “main and second” but the address is 1302 main etc.

[Mikoyan]

Related fun fact: I always thought Ontario street was the dividing street between East and West but it's actually Carrall street (which Ontario aligns with) and where the old Gassy Jack statue was is where the street numbering starts. This explains why our street numbers don't line up with our avenue numbers - it's offset by 1600 (at 1st avenue the house number is 1600) as Gassy Jack is 16 blocks north of 1st.

I always knew about the 1600, never knew why it was offset by that specific number. I always used it to figure out the cross Ave for Vancouver addresses. Works for most of east van.

ie 3525 Fraser St, would be 19th Ave as the cross (3500 - 1600)

[supafamous]

I always knew about the 1600, never knew why it was offset by that specific number. I always used it to figure out the cross Ave for Vancouver addresses. Works for most of east van.

ie 3525 Fraser St, would be 19th Ave as the cross (3500 - 1600)

And east west numbering can also be sorta used to figure out where something is - every 100 is a block and most major streets have about 5-7 blocks in them. On the East side Fraser is 700, Knight is 1400, Victoria is 2000 etc and on the West side Cambie is 500, Oak is 1000, Granville is 1500 etc (West side blocks are bigger)

[6793026]

^ I grew up in Van knowing this, what was funny was when i moved to Toronto, the block system doesn't work so well around here and F-ed me up a few times.

Now that we have a GPS I no longer needed that skill but funny still.

[tegra7]

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1A25KQLzbc/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://i.ibb.co/27zqJ3b2/IMG-2557.jpg (https://ibb.co/XZnXHxwB)

[unit]

we lived in BC when my dad first came to canada in the 70s till 1985, then moved out east, then back again.

back in 1982 my dad owned a corner store, Florida Market on commercial drive. I was born the year after and we owned it till i was 2 or 3. We lived upstairs above the store. I was talking to my dad about the store today and so I googled it to see if i could bring back some memories for him. The photo I found was from 1985 which was when we owned it. Even the hand written signs in the windows are his handwriting. pretty neat find! it was sold many times over the years and eventually became the site of Moja coffee.

https://vancouverguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1985-1102-Commercial-Drive.jpg

[EvoFire]

Oh wow that's cool. Especially because I'm a regular at Moja. The windows and doors are still similar, down to the horizontal door handle.

[unit]

yeah it seems like the building was well preserved actually!

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[MG1]

we lived in BC when my dad first came to canada in the 70s till 1985, then moved out east, then back again.

back in 1982 my dad owned a corner store, Florida Market on commercial drive. I was born the year after and we owned it till i was 2 or 3. We lived upstairs above the store. I was talking to my dad about the store today and so I googled it to see if i could bring back some memories for him. The photo I found was from 1985 which was when we owned it. Even the hand written signs in the windows are his handwriting. pretty neat find! it was sold many times over the years and eventually became the site of Moja coffee.

https://vancouverguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1985-1102-Commercial-Drive.jpg


Anyone know what it was called back in the late 60's and early 70's? I went to China High back then. I sort of recognize the place, but pretty sure it was called something else.


Nevermind..............

https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/1102-commercial-drive/

[bcrdukes]

Oh wow. unit - crazy! I used to go to Florida Market growing up! This definitely needs to go into the history books!

[MG1]

Oh wow. unit - crazy! I used to go to Florida Market growing up! This definitely needs to go into the history books!

It looks like it already has....................... just saiyan

online........... better than print. Plus, on RS, which is, well, you know.

[Hondaracer]

Oh, it’s Moja now, cool.

Best coffee

[snowball]

Douchebag owners. Trust me, I'm from north van.

[bcrdukes]

Curious to learn more about this

[EvoFire]

Same here, been patronizing them because I want to support local businesses. Helps that their beans are of my taste.

[Badhobz]

Why did you guys call it Florida market ? What an interesting name

[Jason00S2000]

Growing up as a kid at 22nd and Cambie in Vancouver was pretty much paradise as a kid!

I was free to explore and had to go home when the sun went down.

Soooooooo many good corner stores all over the place and all had different stuff. Such a magic time to be alive in Vancouver in the 80's, 90's, and 00's!

There was even that corner store with the "Adult 18+" curtain that when the old chinese man looked away, you could duck into for 10 seconds and oogle a magazine fast before putting it back and ducking out of there!

When I was a kid walking across the old Cambie street bridge, a few of the planks were missing and you had to step over the gap. If cel phones had existed back then, people would have fallen, for sure! The missing planks was a regular occurance on the Old Cambie street bridge. I wonder if anyone else remembers.

[unit]

Why did you guys call it Florida market ? What an interesting name

we didnt, it was an established store for decades before we ever bought it and the name stuck all the way until it closed for good.

[Badhobz]

oh interesting. did anyone ever find out why they called it florida market? its such a rando name for commerical st.

[CivicBlues]

"Florida" means Floral in Spanish maybe it's a reference to that rather than the shitshow state we're all thinking about.

[MG1]

Growing up as a kid at 22nd and Cambie in Vancouver was pretty much paradise as a kid!

I was free to explore and had to go home when the sun went down.

Soooooooo many good corner stores all over the place and all had different stuff. Such a magic time to be alive in Vancouver in the 80's, 90's, and 00's!

There was even that corner store with the "Adult 18+" curtain that when the old chinese man looked away, you could duck into for 10 seconds and oogle a magazine fast before putting it back and ducking out of there!

When I was a kid walking across the old Cambie street bridge, a few of the planks were missing and you had to step over the gap. If cel phones had existed back then, people would have fallen, for sure! The missing planks was a regular occurance on the Old Cambie street bridge. I wonder if anyone else remembers.

Oh, I remember...... does anyone remember the Fraser Street Bridge?

[6793026]

wow Jason00S2000 putting down a solid post.
I will forever give my kids free realm to just run around.
I still remember going around town and playing with bugs. Nowadays kids can't even walk on grass wtf is that all about.

[MG1]

DTES, Strathcona, Waterfront, back in the 60's and early 70's were all awesome places for kids to play and explore. False Creek was actually nothing but marshland. Burrard Inlet was awesome because of the piers and railways.

I remember walking across the old Georgia Viaduct to go to the old public library which was on Burrard and Robson. It was fairly new at the time (old library location was Carnegie Hall, IIRC) and so was the bridge (under construction). Man, I remember the Sun Building and the new BC Hydro Building. Went to Kelly Dejong Records on Granville Street to get the top 40 hit list for the week. A&B Sound was gaining popularity. Sam the Record Man tried to make it here and failed miserably.

Vancouver was known to have the lowest prices on Vinyl, CD's and tapes. Companies back east could not compete. Granville and Seymour Streets were very busy. Don't think Robson was a big deal back then.

Chinatown was nothing like it is today.


EDIT: Carnegie was a library, but turned into a museum when I was a kid. Got it mixed up.

Main and Hastings was über busy. Two banks at the corners (RBC and BMO). Carnegie and the Owl Building being on the other corners. CIBC was somewhere else close to the current location. There were a few other banks, but can't remember. London Drugs was close by.

[snowball]

Same here, been patronizing them because I want to support local businesses. Helps that their beans are of my taste.

Nah, you guys are free to support the business. But we were neighbours so my experience with them (along with our other neighbours) is on more of a personal level, so it doesn't need to be shared here as it relates to them and not their business haha.

[supafamous]

Oh, I remember...... does anyone remember the Fraser Street Bridge?

That's before my time but it really speaks to how much the region has grown when I read about the kind of bridge it was (a 2 lane) and that the Knight Street bridge only replaced it in 1974 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Street_Bridge_(1894))

Speaking of the Knight Street bridge, I wonder how much longer till they need to consider replacement of it with something wider. It's not as congested as the Massey tunnel but it's surprisingly bad at a lot of times and the road network at both ends could support a 6 lane bridge so I don't think it'd be a matter of moving congestion around. The same could be said about the Oak Street bridge - the road network could support a 6 lane bridge to even out congestion (and also make the bridge easier to drive (and add bike lanes and pedestrian friendly sidewalks!)

[Jason00S2000]

I still remember when my parents got along before their divorce, they would get Chinese food from the Ho Inn down in Chinatown and we'd sometimes eat there as a family and walk around Chinatown / Woodwards area to see all of the neon lighting and stores. It was safe enough that our family walked around down there all the time. Woodward's had a European food section and chocolate malts in the basement... soooooooo good the malts! And my German oma loved the European food selection.

Ho Inn was soooooo good, I still remember the first time I ate a shrimp and liked it.

[Badhobz]

^didnt they just spend millions resurfacing (albeit poorly) knight st bridge ?!?

[supafamous]

^didnt they just spend millions resurfacing (albeit poorly) knight st bridge ?!?

Yeah it was done in 2023. I don't think either Richmond bridges are high on the list for replacement at the moment so best case is 20 years from now or after whenever a big earthquake hits. I figure the Ironworkers get replaced or upgraded before either Richmond bridges in 10-15 years but even that might be early (it opened in 1960).

[Jason00S2000]

Anyone remember how big the modem subculture was in the 80's and 90's? I.C.E. online? MajorMUD, West Coast Creations? Dreamscape? Virtual Reality? Magnetic Visions? Shoreline?

Going to Knight & Day for food in the middle of the night with total strangers as a teenager...

[MG1]

I still remember when my parents got along before their divorce, they would get Chinese food from the Ho Inn down in Chinatown and we'd sometimes eat there as a family and walk around Chinatown / Woodwards area to see all of the neon lighting and stores. It was safe enough that our family walked around down there all the time. Woodward's had a European food section and chocolate malts in the basement... soooooooo good the malts! And my German oma loved the European food selection.

Ho Inn was soooooo good, I still remember the first time I ate a shrimp and liked it.

Neon signs, ftmfw!

I lived on Powell Street for 16 years. Apartment was above a discotheque, complete with huge neon sign right next to my bedroom window, lol. The bass came through very nicely..... well into the night. I might be the only one who remembers the nightclub. Google found some results, but not much info. It was a very popular hangout back in the 60's.



https://www.vancouverneon.com/page_q/hoho.htm


As for the Woodward's chocolate malt, to this day, nothing comes close to it. Maybe one of those things that are so nostalgic, it can never be replaced with anything around nowadays.

[Jason00S2000]

Neon signs, ftmfw!

I lived on Powell Street for 16 years. Apartment was above a discotheque, complete with huge neon sign right next to my bedroom window, lol. The bass came through very nicely..... well into the night. I might be the only one who remembers the nightclub. Google found some results, but not much info. It was a very popular hangout back in the 60's.

https://www.vancouverneon.com/page_q/hoho.htm

I remember as a kid it being sooooo beautiful to walk around there with my parents, especially during Christmas when Woodwards would have all the displays in the windows around the entire building. They sold roast chestnuts and I think hotdogs but I can't remember, to the people walking around the building checking out the displays. The displays themselves were fucking incredible and I remember one year, they had a massive lego space ship in one of the windows and I remember having to shove, push, and claw my way to the window as dozens and dozens of kids were simply enthralled by the lego display and stared at it for minutes in pure awe.

I have suuuuuuuuuuch fond memories of growing up as a kid in Vancouver, man it was paradise!

Soooooo many arcades, comic book shops, places to ride bikes, firecrackers in fall, shooting my bow and arrow at Douglas Park and not even getting hassled by the cops... did have an old lady tell us we were hooligans.

Imagine if a bunch of 10-11 year olds were shootin' bows and arrows in Douglas park in 2025, think the cops would shut it down? We were totally unsupervised, it was great!

Anyone remember amateur stripper night at the Wild Coyote? :lol

[EvoFire]

That's before my time but it really speaks to how much the region has grown when I read about the kind of bridge it was (a 2 lane) and that the Knight Street bridge only replaced it in 1974 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Street_Bridge_(1894))

Speaking of the Knight Street bridge, I wonder how much longer till they need to consider replacement of it with something wider. It's not as congested as the Massey tunnel but it's surprisingly bad at a lot of times and the road network at both ends could support a 6 lane bridge so I don't think it'd be a matter of moving congestion around. The same could be said about the Oak Street bridge - the road network could support a 6 lane bridge to even out congestion (and also make the bridge easier to drive (and add bike lanes and pedestrian friendly sidewalks!)

Yeah it was done in 2023. I don't think either Richmond bridges are high on the list for replacement at the moment so best case is 20 years from now or after whenever a big earthquake hits. I figure the Ironworkers get replaced or upgraded before either Richmond bridges in 10-15 years but even that might be early (it opened in 1960).

We have 3x 4 lane bridges connecting Richmond/Vancouver. Honestly it's adequate most of the time. The traffic backup isn't worse than say 15 years ago. It was only bad the last two years because they were doing the pipe replacement down by Oak.

Can we do with more lanes? Yeah. But I rather CoV/Richmond and BC spend their money elsewhere that's more impactful.

[pastarocket]

The Patullo Bridge replacement project is expected to be finished this year.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-replacement-footage

[bobbinka]

The Patullo Bridge replacement project is expected to be finished this year.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-replacement-footage

it blows my mind that the pattulo construction started in 2021 and will finish this year, but the richmond steveston interchange construction started in 2022 and will also finish this year. one's a giant bridge across a river and the other is an overpass

:rukidding:

[Jason00S2000]

I might be back in Vancouver soon with my family. Is there a go-to Fish n' Chips or best restaurant in Steveston on the water currently? It's been like 9 years since I was on the Richmond waterfront.

[68style]

I still think Dave’s is the best fish and chips, but they don’t have a water facing location it’s still their same original restaurant from the 70’s or early 80’s.

Pajo’s is on the water but for me it’s just a tourist trap. Others may disagree.

[Badhobz]

absolutely. dave's is the best! although i havent seen "dave" for years and years. i only see his DEI hire's running amok. Im not sure how they communicate with each other, nobody speaks ah engrish. you got like 3 japanese fobs, 2 flip fobs, and some ching chong mixed with a grumpy old white dude.

[68style]

That’s weird the last 2 times I went there last summer it was all white kids lol

Dave died his kid owns the place

[supafamous]

Dave's is great, haven't been in a few years but when I think of fish and chips I think of a place like Dave's. I'm also a big fan of Cockney Kings - same style of place. The Kensington location now has a really hot waitress too so you can go get a blood test with Lifelabs Hottie and then knock down some AYCE fish and chips with a near Cactus Club level hottie.

[Badhobz]

now i gotta try it!!! do they have mushy peas!? i havent found a place in vancouver that has mushy peas

[dark0821]

No, but its 5min away from my place, I can attest to the hot waitress during my Uber Eat runs

[Mancini]

Sad to see the contrast in today's generation. So many kids growing up in 800K+ houses and are complete failures in life.

This comment from 2009 hits hard. It tells it's own history.

Now, you might say, so many kids growing up in 800K+ 1 bedroom condos and sleeping on the floor in the living room. Which is the original problem the author was contrasting.

[pastarocket]

Nostalgia hit hard when I saw this picture.

Metrotown’s Playdium from the 1990s:

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250615/f318bc550807cd8af4c5d286beb79039.jpg


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[Jason00S2000]

MetrotownÂ’s Playdium from the 1990s:


Had the worst date of my life there. I was running late and my shirt wasn't 100% dry from the dryer yet, but I went anyways.

The shirt smelled soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad!

Holy fuck... I should have just worn a dirty shirt to the mall, bought a new shirt, and thrown the dirty one in a garbage can and gone and rocked the date! Oh well, I was like 19-20, live and learn... haha!

[6793026]

Still remember try to swipe like 10X games after it locks out if u try within 3 mins.

[mikemhg]

I remember taking a latina gal to Silver City and then Playdium back when I was 18, we stayed until closing. She invited me back to her apartment in Surrey after so we took the train there at like 12AM, I already thought it was kinda weird she had her own apartment at our age, but apparently it was her "friend's".

A good long night of shagging, I woke in the morning and trained home back to Burnaby. By afternoon my piss was BURNING -- 18-year-old me had no idea what was going on, little did I know I was about to have my first interaction with the ol' clappidy clap. It turns out the girl was escorting :lol

Ahh, Playdium memories.

[Badhobz]

wait what? you played DDR and got the clap ?!

[mikemhg]

You better believe it, and pretty sure we were playing Marvel Vs Capcom :lol

[Badhobz]

thats what happens when you try and fuck morrigan from marvel vs capcom

[mikemhg]

thats what happens when you try and fuck morrigan from marvel vs capcom

Love that reference :lol

[supafamous]

https://richmondarchives.ca/2019/02/20/sloughs-bogs-grassland-and-scrub-the-islands-before-richmond/

TIL: Lulu Island, the main island that makes up Richmond used to be separated into two islands by a channel.

At one time Lulu Island was separated into two islands by a channel, named Daniel’s Arm by Archaeologist Dr. Leonard Ham, which flowed northwest from Lion and Don Islands on the South Arm to the North Arm at Mitchell Island, the last vestige of this being Bath Slough.

You can see the remnants of that channel in this photo - it's the tract of farmland that runs from from Annacis Island up towards Mitchell Island

https://richmondarchives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1935-aerial-mosaic-of-richmond.jpg?w=1168

Also interesting is that Richmond used to be regularly flooded into the 60s and even into the 70s would sometimes flood as the development of the dyke took a long time: https://richmondarchives.ca/2025/08/14/no-better-than-a-duck-pond-richmonds-historic-floods/

Sea Island also looks very different in shape today compared to the original survey and you can see how the street grid was created:

https://richmondarchives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/rcf-17.jpg

[supafamous]

Continuing my dive into the rabbit hole of Richmond...

Mitchell Island today is actually a combination of 3 separate islands: Mitchell, Twigg, and Eburne. Twigg and Eburne are still recognised via street names on Mitchell. This is from 1935 and you can see the original Fraser Street bridge right down the middle but even in 1929, the City of Vancouver had designated Knight street as a major arterial so the future replacement was always going to be a Knight street bridge (TIL: the deck of the Knight bridge is heated!).

https://richmondarchives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1935-aerial-mosaic-of-richmond-dtl1.jpg

[Badhobz]

very very cool. i wish i could have seen richmond before all the ching chongs took it over. It sounds like a pastoral paradise full of angry ass white people

[EvoFire]

Continuing my dive into the rabbit hole of Richmond...

Mitchell Island today is actually a combination of 3 separate islands: Mitchell, Twigg, and Eburne. Twigg and Eburne are still recognised via street names on Mitchell. This is from 1935 and you can see the original Fraser Street bridge right down the middle but even in 1929, the City of Vancouver had designated Knight street as a major arterial so the future replacement was always going to be a Knight street bridge (TIL: the deck of the Knight bridge is heated!).

https://richmondarchives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1935-aerial-mosaic-of-richmond-dtl1.jpg

That explains why there's not a lot of snow accumulation on Knight Street bridge

[supafamous]

My rabbit hole continues and expands onto other nerdy land things....

There's a thing called Gunter's Chain which is 66 ft long and 10 of these chains make a furlong (660ft) and 8 furlongs make a mile which leads to...

Most of the GVRD's roads and lots are based on this measurement so the distance between No 1 Road and No 2 Road is, you guessed it, 1 mile and the distance between 64th Ave and 72nd Ave in Surrey is, you guessed it, 1 mile and each avenue in Surrey represents a furlong. (Aside: A 66ft wide furlong is an acre so a 1 mile by 1 mile plot of land is 80 acres)

The entire grid starts from Coast Meridian which is the spot where the 49th parallel hits water - if you look on a map Coast Merdian road (and 168th St) points right at this point and then North Road is 6 miles from Coast Meridian and Boundary is 6 miles from North Road and it looks like Arbutus (which was a major corridor back in the day) is 6 miles from Boundary. No 2 road and No 8 road (6 miles apart) line up with Arbutus and Boundary.

Meanwhile Steveston Hwy lines up with 72nd avenue and 72 divided 6 is 12 so that means Steveston Hwy is 12 miles north of the border while Bridgeport road is another 4 miles north and it lines up with 104th Avenue in Surrey! And 104th is 104 furlongs north of the border which means it's 68,640 feet north of the border.

Where else do you see Gunter's Chain in action?

The typical lot is 33x122 which is half a chain by two chains (minus 10 feet for the alley). The average street width is 66' (4 lanes) or 99' (6 lanes). Not everything follows this - some parts of Vancouver were CRP lands and they used a 100' chain which led to 50' lots being the standard (but with 120' depth - presumably their lanes were 22' wide instead of the standard 20').

TBD: Why is 168th street called 168th street when it's the starting point?

More:

https://kumtuks.ca/living-in-gunters-world/
https://richmondarchives.ca/category/road-names-in-richmond/

[Badhobz]

Why did you go down this rabbit hole ? Pretty awesome info but weird niche history

[supafamous]

Why did you go down this rabbit hole ? Pretty awesome info but weird niche history

Short answer: :alone:

Longer answer: This stuff is the intersection of my interests in maps and urban planning - I love maps and I love studying urban planning especially how things came to be.

There's a couple folks on YT that do videos about how city layouts came to be and I nerd out over those a lot (https://www.youtube.com/@DanielsimsSteiner). The stuff on why Tokyo, London, LA etc are the way they are is super interesting IMO.

For this particular rabbit hole it started with me asking (once again) why Burnaby's street grid is so fucked up and somehow I ended up in Richmond (it helped that Richmond Nature Park had a display showing how Richmond was formed too).

[Mikoyan]

I read somewhere that the 50' lots were designed for the west side to keep the coloured folk east of Ontario to the "affordable" 33' lots.

Won't have coloured neighbors if they can't afford to buy the big lots.

Racism by design.

[supafamous]

I read somewhere that the 50' lots were designed for the west side to keep the coloured folk east of Ontario to the "affordable" 33' lots.

Won't have coloured neighbors if they can't afford to buy the big lots.

Racism by design.

Shaughnessy (which was CPR land) was definitely designed with big lots partly for that (same with the British Properties) - they both had covenants for a long time that forbade the sale to coloured folks. The 50' lots around Shaughnessy were definitely another barrier to keeping out the slant eyes and darkies.

[whitev70r]

very very cool. i wish i could have seen richmond before all the ching chongs took it over. It sounds like a pastoral paradise full of angry ass white people

Nothing wrong with angry ass white people ! At least they knew how to drive their model T's.

[68style]

I was like 9 before the original HK invasion in Richmond, still remember all the kids showing up in weird ass track suits with no English, some of them are still my friends today.

I remember Richmond being full of sections of unpaved dirt joining roads between neighborhoods and being extremely sleepy. Lansdowne and Richmond Square/Centre (2 malls that joined into 1) were not even open on Sundays. In fact almost nothing was besides Boston Pizza lol!

Biggest initial change of Asian people coming over was food and opening hours.

[CivicBlues]

edit: Nevermind! I need to click links

[supafamous]

I was like 9 before the original HK invasion in Richmond, still remember all the kids showing up in weird ass track suits with no English, some of them are still my friends today.

I remember Richmond being full of sections of unpaved dirt joining roads between neighborhoods and being extremely sleepy. Lansdowne and Richmond Square/Centre (2 malls that joined into 1) were not even open on Sundays. In fact almost nothing was besides Boston Pizza lol!

Biggest initial change of Asian people coming over was food and opening hours.

I remember the Little Drummer Boy stand between the two malls where I would get the equivalent of a Wendy's frosty at the time when my parents took me there.

I grew up on the farm side of Richmond by 5 and Blundell so it was ditches on both sides of the road, a septic tank that had to be drained once a year, and gravel sidewalks while dump trucks and 18 wheelers drove by. One year a younger classmate actually got run over by a 18 wheeler when she chased after her lunch box which she had inadvertently thrown on the road. I wasn't old enough yet to really register what it meant for someone to die so the school assembly where they explained what had happened went right over my head.

Speaking of the Asian invasion of Richmond, my first exposure to a new immigrant was when a classmate from China showed up and he had a Chinese name. Yue Cheng! WTF man - the rest of us Canadian born Chinks had whitey names - Harry, David, Eric, Kelly, Leslie, Norman.

In the 80's using your Chinese name was not cool bro! Then a few years later the Western names started showing up but they were like Fanny, Newton, Penny, Priscilla etc. Names out of the Charlie Murphy Prince skit!

[68style]

I don’t know if this was normal, but in my elementary school (Diefenbaker) the principal could change their names or pick an English name for them upon enrollment??? This one guy came from HK and just recently he told me this story that his Chinese name was Dick On and the principal said no that’s not going to work for you here and wrote Dickens on his paperwork and that literally became his legal Canadian name after, still his name to this day lol

[whitev70r]

^ "colonialism" ...:badpokerface:

but in this case, principal got the boy's back and saved him a lifetime of harassment and embarrasment.

[EvoFire]

I remember when I came here, shit closed early on Saturdays and weren't even open on Sundays. My mom complained that there's nothing to do on Sunday.

The last couple of years when my parents visited HK, they were complaining the malls didn't open until 11am and there's nothing to do compared to Vancouver. Oh how the turntables.

[whitev70r]

All posters here on RS now remember the days in Vancouver (all of Canada really) of stores closing on Sundays. And people would find things to do like parks, beaches, hikes, bike ride, hangout with friends, restaurants, etc.

[68style]

Oh it's wayyyyy past that... that might have ben true in the early 2000's... now it's like good luck getting your spouse and your kids off the phone... my sister doesn't even go to the mall at all, kids won't put down their fuckin ipad or switch.

My nephew at 13 I heard just decided it might be fun o ride a bicycle around with his friends and tried it and had a blast... see if that lasts or propagates into something but wow just trying to get them off a couch is like pulling teeth.

[GS8]

"Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy"

Which was Sunday, hence the closures.

[CivicBlues]

Back then you were supposed to attend church like a good Christian. Then mom was supposed to head home and get the big Sunday dinner started.

Thank god the godless Chinese put an end to that.

[6793026]

All posters here on RS now remember the days in Vancouver (all of Canada really) of stores closing on Sundays. And people would find things to do like parks, beaches, hikes, bike ride, hangout with friends, restaurants, etc.

it's also because of all the asians in richmond keeping all the shops open all the time. Malls used to close on Xmas, holidays etc, until Aberdeen kept opening and then Price Smart and then TnT etc.. crazy to see how Richmond kept groceries stores opening till 11 PM was a huge benefit to me.

[EvoFire]

They've scaled back since from peak opening hours.

T&T is only open till 10 now. Walmart recently changed their hours and closes at 10 as well. Superstore revised it to 10 from 11.

Metrotown used to keep the mall open till 11pm for most of Dec. Last year I think was only the final week, probably lots of pushback from the tenants.

All the asian malls close at 7 now, many of the tenants are closed before that.

[winson604]

They've scaled back since from peak opening hours.

T&T is only open till 10 now. Walmart recently changed their hours and closes at 10 as well. Superstore revised it to 10 from 11.

Metrotown used to keep the mall open till 11pm for most of Dec. Last year I think was only the final week, probably lots of pushback from the tenants.

All the asian malls close at 7 now, many of the tenants are closed before that.

T&T is location based. Most close at 9 or 10pm yes but Marine Gateway closes at 11pm and Lansdowne at midnight.

[Badhobz]

Thank god the godless Chinese put an end to that.

Yeah man! That fat Indian fuck underneath Bodie tree doesn’t rest on sundays.

Why do we worship some tandoori God again ? It’s about as fucking stupid as a Jew parting water or a whore who claims she was impregnated by god. No you skank. It was habibi down the street there, you just didn’t wanna tell Ishmael… or whoever the fuck jebus human dad was.

[CivicBlues]

Yeah man! That fat Indian fuck underneath Bodie tree doesn’t rest on sundays.

Why do we worship some tandoori God again ? It’s about as fucking stupid as a Jew parting water or a whore who claims she was impregnated by god. No you skank. It was habibi down the street there, you just didn’t wanna tell Ishmael… or whoever the fuck jebus human dad was.

Lol do any Chinese actually pray to Buddha other than lip service at a temple? Most of the time they're probably just praying to their dead ancestors to make them rich or something like that.

[6793026]

I don’t know if this was normal, but in my elementary school (Diefenbaker) the principal could change their names or pick an English name for them upon enrollment??? This one guy came from HK and just recently he told me this story that his Chinese name was Dick On and the principal said no that’s not going to work for you here and wrote Dickens on his paperwork and that literally became his legal Canadian name after, still his name to this day lol

WOAH WOAH WOAHHHHHHH
u went to diefendbaker.. i went there too WTF
No, i was not Dick On.

[!Kodamu]

T&T Lansdowne and Foody World still opens till Midnight everyday.



They've scaled back since from peak opening hours.

T&T is only open till 10 now. Walmart recently changed their hours and closes at 10 as well. Superstore revised it to 10 from 11.

Metrotown used to keep the mall open till 11pm for most of Dec. Last year I think was only the final week, probably lots of pushback from the tenants.

All the asian malls close at 7 now, many of the tenants are closed before that.

[winson604]

T&T Lansdowne and Foody World still opens till Midnight everyday.

Yea even with the Walmart comment again location based a lot of them still close at 11 i.e. Richmond, Vancouver just to name a couple.

[noclue]

It's interesting the amount of churches in richmond, every no # road has one per second block. Then on No 5 there's like every religion places of worship there.

That farm at the end of Stevenson beside the dyke with chickens and cows, he probably received countless $10M+ offers but said no.

[6793026]

They don't call #5 road highway to heaven for no reason.

Honestly, I rather there be a place of worship (whichever religion) than monster houses on farm lands.

[GS8]

For those too young to know what HWY 1 & Cassiar looked like pre-tunnel, here you go:

https://i.imgur.com/WjDYuvS.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/GkxJICu.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/DHrNZ1M.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/V543K6l.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/pZdr21x.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/PZFy2bJ.jpeg

[unit]

are these pics you found from the interwebs or did you or your family take these?

[68style]

WOAH WOAH WOAHHHHHHH
u went to diefendbaker.. i went there too WTF
No, i was not Dick On.

Haha really? Yah I used to live on Fortune Ave could see the school from my house. My niece and nephew both go there now too. I might be a bit older than you tho I think I left there in 1991?

[GLOW]

i went to diefenbaker too!






in a different city :troll: Kappa

[Badhobz]

Haha really? Yah I used to live on Fortune Ave could see the school from my house. My niece and nephew both go there now too. I might be a bit older than you tho I think I left there in 1991?

They uhhh doing something to youz toyz schoolz. I was just walking the doggie there the other day.

https://i.postimg.cc/SxHmF7Xw/IMG-6120.jpg

[supafamous]

Haha really? Yah I used to live on Fortune Ave could see the school from my house. My niece and nephew both go there now too. I might be a bit older than you tho I think I left there in 1991?

Damn homies. My 8 year old nephew goes there too - they live on Hermitage Dr and are like 6 houses from the school.

[6793026]

Haha really? Yah I used to live on Fortune Ave could see the school from my house. My niece and nephew both go there now too. I might be a bit older than you tho I think I left there in 1991?

you old. LOL.
i lived on Hermitage, 13 houses from the school; used to walk to school.
I left in 93.
Mrs Cook
Mrs Uchida (japanese teacher teaching us 1st yr and the only lady who drove a bit ass cadillac)
Mrs Taylor
Mrs Franzen / folz
Mrs Heinz

wrong spelling on a few but pretty close.

[GS8]

are these pics you found from the interwebs or did you or your family take these?

Interwebs. Found them a few years ago and can't remember where. Rediscovered them on an old hard drive. Good quality shots I thought.

My parents had a shitty entry level Nikon F-Series so it wasn't capable of much unless you liked that yellowed film look.

[68style]

you old. LOL.
i lived on Hermitage, 13 houses from the school; used to walk to school.
I left in 93.
Mrs Cook
Mrs Uchida (japanese teacher teaching us 1st yr and the only lady who drove a bit ass cadillac)
Mrs Taylor
Mrs Franzen / folz
Mrs Heinz

wrong spelling on a few but pretty close.

I remember all those teachers, Mrs. Cook lifted around the corner from me on Freshwater... she's still living there, I see her outside when I visit my parents.

[MG1]

Not 100% sure if this video has been posted before…….

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/s/R0p4k0qVX1

[radeonboy]

^I like that channel - it's an easy listen when I'm doing chores around the house and is educational.

[MG1]

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/s/mZT2zY6nei

Skytrain to Fraser Valley update.

[supafamous]

https://i.imgur.com/tdE7ikC.jpeg

Shot of old Lansdowne Park circa 1928. That's 3 road at the bottom right.

Lansdowne Mall wasn't built till 1977

https://i.imgur.com/koXQMgB.jpeg

https://www.richmond-news.com/sponsored/uniquely-lansdowne-the-heart-of-richmonds-shopping-and-community-10693248

[68style]

It's shocking to see farmhouses with probably 4 people give or take living in them across from the south side of Lansdowne where condo towers with thousands of individuals were living only 30 years later when those towers were al built in the mid 2000's.

[6793026]

I miss rihcmond news. i still remember my friend in high school got award for longest paper delivery girl.

[68style]

^ Do you remember when Fortune Ave and Gander weren't even attached? Like there was about 20 feet of grass and dirt and then someone decided to come along and connect the road. That house with the giant bubble window (which is still there) was on that corner, everyone thought it was so cool they had a giant bubble window hahaha

This place:
https://i.imgur.com/HaZXlK9.jpeg

[Badhobz]

It's shocking to see farmhouses with probably 4 people give or take living in them across from the south side of Lansdowne where condo towers with thousands of individuals were living only 30 years later when those towers were al built in the mid 2000's.

Ahhhh the good old days before the Chong’s and the jabi’s took over Richmond. No wonder these old crows who walk the dyke like to talk to me about how Richmond used to be all the time. They had fond memories of pastoral Richmond

[CivicBlues]

Can't you just drive like 10 minutes east and find that exact scene in E. Richmond?

[Badhobz]

Ewwww east Richmond. Fuck that shit.

[supafamous]

Ewwww east Richmond. Fuck that shit.

Hey man, I'm gonna come by your house and shank you for that. I grew up east of the train tracks in Richmond. I'm practically Chinese Eminem.

[CivicBlues]

Ewwww east Richmond. Fuck that shit.

Sounds like South Surrey-ites thumbing their nose at other Surrey-ites. Hate to break it to ya...

[punkwax]

Surrey is massive. There’s a big difference between ocean park and whalley. Hate to break it to ya…

[Badhobz]

Sounds like South Surrey-ites thumbing their nose at other Surrey-ites. Hate to break it to ya...

You should talk you tiny apartment living in yaletown weirdo. All you core people are insane. Ohhh I love downtown for the convenience…. Convenience of what ? So you can head to main and Hastings ? Or see a stupid sporting event ? Or fight through shit traffic or eat salty ass gewilo food ?

Yeah no thanks. Downtown is absolute dog shit wrapped in a cum rag. You couldn’t pay me to live there. It’s only good for mop heads like alusterdRZD. Us geezers like peace and quiet. I can take 5 steps out of my front door and see coyotes and eagles. Nobody talks to you. It’s perfect.

[6793026]

^ Do you remember when Fortune Ave and Gander weren't even attached? Like there was about 20 feet of grass and dirt and then someone decided to come along and connect the road. That house with the giant bubble window (which is still there) was on that corner, everyone thought it was so cool they had a giant bubble window hahaha

This place:
https://i.imgur.com/HaZXlK9.jpeg

So funny, i lived a bit behind that house. Everyone remembered that bubble window.

I lived at 4751 Hermitage so funny cause I'm the house with the 20 ft of grass LOL. I vaguely remember Gander.

Somehow i lived at this house with the only one at the block to park 10 cars; good days to having to play badminton but then 1991 had a huge snow storm and it was crazy. The plowing was crazy.

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?channel=mb-ldp-publicrecord&location=4751+Hermitage+Dr%2C+Richmond%2C+BC+V7E+4 T1&size=1072x488&source=outdoor&client=gme-redfin&signature=FMIQTXqZShvfJtyf1EMIzDMAP70=

[CivicBlues]

You should talk you tiny apartment living in yaletown weirdo. All you core people are insane. Ohhh I love downtown for the convenience…. Convenience of what ? So you can head to main and Hastings ? Or see a stupid sporting event ? Or fight through shit traffic or eat salty ass gewilo food ?

Yeah no thanks. Downtown is absolute dog shit wrapped in a cum rag. You couldn’t pay me to live there. It’s only good for mop heads like alusterdRZD. Us geezers like peace and quiet. I can take 5 steps out of my front door and see coyotes and eagles. Nobody talks to you. It’s perfect.

lol relax guy, I'm not attacking you. Like I've said many times I don't need much and I certainly don't live in doucheville Yaletown. But I'll be high and dry while you dig yourself out of the mud pit next time the wind blows or the ground shakes too much.

All I'm saying is nobody knows/cares about the difference between West and East Richmond. South Surrey and shit Surrey. Downtown/Yaletown/Westend/Coal Harbour. It's all the same to people who are outsiders.

[Badhobz]

lol relax buddy, I'm not attacking you. Like I've said many times I don't need much and I certainly don't live in doucheville Yaletown. But I'll be high and dry while you dig yourself out of the mud pit next time the wind blows or the ground shakes too much.

All I'm saying is nobody knows/cares about the difference between West and East Richmond. South Surrey and shit Surrey. Downtown/Yaletown/Westend. It's all the same to people who are outsiders.
:pokerface:
Man they’ve been saying this earthquake shit since the 80s. If it happens it happens. No point in living if my chihuahua and or midget is washed away. But in the meantime Ricemond is a much better place to live than downtown ! Those godless heathens along Davie are too much for my ancient Chinese senses. :pokerface:

[CivicBlues]

What works for you, and what works for me. What's the point in arguing which is nicer? I honestly think suburbia is the ninth circle of hell for me but I certainly don't fault anyone for wanting to live there if they have kids or fur kids.

[Badhobz]

No point in arguing, you’re right.

If it makes sense to you then it makes sense. I don’t understand it, but I don’t understand sports, loud music, or booze either. Hell I don’t even know why people do half the shit they do like recycling or hiking. That’s the best part of a western style democracy. You can do whatever the hell you want and peoples gotta “respect” your choices. But people left to their own devices make terrible choices.

[CivicBlues]

Funny you say that, there's some benefits you wouldn't think living in the core.
I like hiking. I can jump in my car and be on the north shore within 10 minutes (if the traffic's good) and on a trail in another 10-20 mins, and don't have to live with the North Shore NIMBY douches in order to enjoy it.

Also I'm not a boozehound but I appreciate having a drink or two and not needing to drive home drunk or take an uber.

[Badhobz]

We had that rental apartment on drake st. We stayed there a few nights a couple of years ago when we had the apartment vacant for renovations. My god the ambient noise is so insanely loud, and all the lights drove me nuts. Couldn’t sleep a wink. Then we walked down to David lam park and was promptly pan handled by some trash ass bum.

Terrible.

[68style]

I would have liked to live downtown when I was younger and single or not married at least, that would have been cool… but I’m not sure how some people do it past their mid 30’s the constant rush of things gets to me personally. If I could walk to work I guess that would be kinda neat tho, minus the street trash people lol

Living in Richmond did absolutely nothing for being able to close on any girls out in downtown, good luck keeping that vibe going taking a half hour train on uber trip back home hahahaha

[6793026]

^ I on the other hand loved living downtown when I was on Nelson and Burrard.. after each party, 9 out of 10 times I just tell girls to have antoher drink and point at my apartment and it's an instant close.

On the other hand, living on Jarvis and Davie, i got my ass grabbed so many times not knowing Pump Jacks wasn't a place I wanna just play pool with buddies LOL.

Did also help when both of my jobs were in Yaletown, walking to work was just great despite some rainy seasons.

[CivicBlues]

We had that rental apartment on drake st. We stayed there a few nights a couple of years ago when we had the apartment vacant for renovations. My god the ambient noise is so insanely loud, and all the lights drove me nuts. Couldn’t sleep a wink. Then we walked down to David lam park and was promptly pan handled by some trash ass bum.

Terrible.

DId you stay there when Cecil's was still around? A friend of mine lived there back in the day. Good times, good times.

Live in Coal Harbour, it's like a vertical suburb. It's dead after 7pm.

[Badhobz]

The stripper place? Yeah ive been inside a few times but i recall it was quite scummy.

Weird theres no strippers in richmond

[6793026]

I had so much fun at Cecil back in 2003. Then I dated someone who worked there on stage and it was epic.

2009 ish, I think it was ben afflack was caught being at brandi's.

Then during 2012 era, still had many from Calgary who was here who loved but cecil was at its end and they rebuilt.

The stripper place? Yeah ive been inside a few times but i recall it was quite scummy.
Weird theres no strippers in richmond

well, no. Did you remember the places where is used to be Tyson viet noodles / dollarama used to be called Fraser arms.
Then you got the famous Osaka supermarket / Presidential Hotel plaza who ran am illegal entertainment "service" and was sued. Lawyer was a school friend and I remember one of the quoted defense was "city will be losing a lot of jobs opps" LOL.

[68style]

^ Did you watch movies nobody has ever heard of with the Cecil girl all night? :lol

[CivicBlues]

Looks we got a regular T-pain here

[punkwax]

The hottest stripper I’ve ever seen was at the Cecil during the Olympics. She finger blasted herself until she came during a private dance. Took her a couple of songs to get off and I only paid for one. Good times!

[westopher]

lol I miss the old strip club days. I went with a few friends to no. 5 one night and a buddy wanted to get a bag.
Asked the first stripper he saw and she smacked him in the face and was like “you think just cause I’m a stripper I know where to get coke?”
He asked a second one and came back with an 8 ball hahahaha.

[Harvey Specter]

I remember going to Lumber Land in Richmond with my parents on the weekends. Beyond Lumber Land, there was really nothing.

I also remember going with my dad to check out a farm with a meat shop, I believe on No. 3 and Bridgeport. The owner was selling it for cheap and from what I recall the rent would have covered the cost of the mortgage, but at that time there was nothing in Richmond and my dad felt like Richmond would never expand. Biggest L ever.

[pastarocket]

Speaking of Richmond, did anyone go karaoke in Richmond back in the day?

-went with friends and sometimes co workers for karaoke at Zodiac. Good selection of songs for their karaoke system. The booze for the group packages for room bookings sucked though. Coors Light?? LUL

Urban legend about a corpse at Zodiac karaoke is based on an actual shooting at this karaoke place:


-the story likely stems from a real-life shooting in 1995 at the Zodiac Karaoke & Pub in Richmond, BC, which is often discussed in Reddit's true crime communities.

The incident involved the following details:
The Shooting: On August 24, 1995, a man named Ranj Cheema was at the Zodiac Karaoke Bar when he was lured to the parking lot and shot five times at point-blank range.

Survival: Despite severe injuries to his abdomen, Cheema managed to stumble back into the bar. He survived the attack after being in a coma for six weeks.


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[supafamous]

Guys I went to high school (McNair) with Bindy Johal! AMA!

I actually didn't ever see him at school (he was 5 years older than me yet showed up on the school roll) but his associates were in some of my classes.

I was also at McNair when there was a machete attack - a few EI guys had a beef over a girl and they showed up at our smoke pit looking to settle the score. Next thing you know our school is in the news (I tried Googling for anything on it but nothing shows up).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindy_Johal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjit_Cheema

[6793026]

Speaking of Richmond, did anyone go karaoke in Richmond back in the day?

-went with friends and sometimes co workers for karaoke at Zodiac. Good selection of songs for their karaoke system. The booze for the group packages for room bookings sucked though. Coors Light?? LUL

Urban legend about a corpse at Zodiac karaoke is based on an actual shooting at this karaoke place:


-the story likely stems from a real-life shooting in 1995 at the Zodiac Karaoke & Pub in Richmond, BC, which is often discussed in Reddit's true crime communities.

The incident involved the following details:
The Shooting: On August 24, 1995, a man named Ranj Cheema was at the Zodiac Karaoke Bar when he was lured to the parking lot and shot five times at point-blank range.

Survival: Despite severe injuries to his abdomen, Cheema managed to stumble back into the bar. He survived the attack after being in a coma for six weeks.


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Yes I remember ZOdiac. I do remember having a private party once and someone pulled in a favor and working girls showed up.

The new Zodiac from what I was told are multiple owners as the reno went above cost, so there are multiple liens on it until it's paid.

[Coren]

https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/1/6/1675603/1a87f2c6-f37c-4cbc-a40a-7a70bd7fda44-MAP547.jpg

map of vancouver 1898

[bcrdukes]

For those of you who grew up in Vancouver and went to see the Lunar New Year parades in Chinatown, there's a trailer and upcoming movie of the woman who was the force behind the cultural dances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h_F5kF4nu8

Mimie Ho was my substitute teacher for several months in elementary school. She was a tough and strict teacher but instilled discipline in us, your typical FAFO Chinese/Asian teacher. As kids, we were scared shitless but later, realized she meant well. She eventually ended up becoming a full-time teacher, and if my memory serves me correctly, taught at Templeton Secondary.

[winson604]

lol I miss the old strip club days. I went with a few friends to no. 5 one night and a buddy wanted to get a bag.
Asked the first stripper he saw and she smacked him in the face and was like “you think just cause I’m a stripper I know where to get coke?”
He asked a second one and came back with an 8 ball hahahaha.

Growing up close to Marpole our main joint was Fraser Arms but we never actually went for the girls we went for the food. They had periods during the day and night where food was like $2 for a burger and fries that sort of thing + there was no cover charge to get in. The girls were just a bonus, you'd see the odd good looking one but man that place good memories.

Fast forward about 2 years ago we were celebrating a friends birthday at his house, the usual drinking and hanging out. Somebody randomly mentioned where the old Wild Coyote used to be was a new strip club that apparently is the talk of the town. Nobody really wanted to go but after an hour of convincing and more drinking we caved. It was the weekend, it was packed and holy crap I have never in my life seen such ugly girls at a strip club ever. The avg age of these said girls that night was probably 40 and not even good looking 40 year olds. We took a couple shots at the bar, did a lap around the joint and couldn't get out of there quick enough. Never again.

[68style]

I worked at a tech company in the late 90's and those nerds would all go to Arms at lunch... one time they finally convinced me to go and sitting there eating a burger on gynecology row (stage seats) the chubby stripper crouches down in front of me and says "That burger looks almost as yummy as mine" immediately lost my appetite.

Then the next dancer comes out and it was a girl I went to school with like we're talking from Grade 1 through Grade 12, and as soon as she saw me she covered herself up and ran off stage hahahaha! Good times.

[BIC_BAWS]

Then the next dancer comes out and it was a girl I went to school with like we're talking from Grade 1 through Grade 12, and as soon as she saw me she covered herself up and ran off stage hahahaha! Good times.

Did you like what you saw tho [emoji102]


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[68style]

I think it was more shock than anything, it's pretty weird when you knew someone since they're 6 lol

She got a boob job though that's for sure, both her and her sister were flat as boards

[CivicBlues]

LOL did you come back and ask her for a private dance?

[68style]

Hellll no I was good friend with her sister, we never spoke of it to this day :lol

[6793026]

I did remember fraser arms had $10 prime rib dinner on Sunday... it was epic.. or was it Wednesday... just epic.

[68style]

The only point of Jason’s I ever agreed with is that we lived like kings in the late 90’s to early 2000’s :lol

[Badhobz]

90's were excellent. little to no internet, no cellphones, no social media... a whole lot of dicking around

[Great68]

Oh man the Frazer arms. That place has a special place in my heart from when I was 19-early 20's.

$2 appetizers, $7 pitchers and stripping waitresses at midnight.

What's not to love?

[mikemhg]

You haven't lived life until you've spent $600 on lap dances until club closing, then you're sitting in your car in the parking lot waiting for the same girl to get off after money count so you can take her to pound town.

She never shows up.

Damn that secret back door exit :lol