September 27th, 2022 — This house in the 3400 block of West 26th Avenue, built in 1928, was demolished this day and carted away for recycling.
Category: Vanishing Vancouver
Take the bus
May 2nd, 2022 — The city of Vancouver wants people to use public transit so Translink, the people responsible for public transit, are removing bus stops along the busiest routes in the city. Possibly they think if people have to walk farther to find a bus stop they will be more likely to appreciate the ride.
Burrard Street
February 21st, 2022 — Burrard Street at Davie.
Vancouver specials
March 14th, 2022 — A block of Vancouver specials in the 2400 block of Galt Street shadowed, on a sunny day, by highrises on Kingsway. There was a time when Vancouver specials were the answer to Vancouver’s housing problem; now they are the problem.
Kingsway Auto Glass
January 24th, 2022 — The Kingsway Auto Glass building at Kingsway and Glen Avenue being demolished.
Old and new
January 3rd, 2022 — Construction on Columbia Street at 5th Avenue.
Rental demolition
December 13th, 2021 — Older, affordable walkup rental apartments being demolished to make way for “Chloé, an elegant collection of 48 Parisienne-inspired homes at 47th Avenue and East Boulevard in Kerrisdale”. There’s no mention of price but if you have to ask you probably can’t afford one.
The new Chinatown
November 17th, 2021 — Construction in the 200 block of Keefer Street.
Movieland Arcade
November 3rd, 2021 — After 40 years on Granville Street, the Movieland pinball arcade has closed for good because of Covid. The sign, however, is for sale.
Is concrete green?
October 13th, 2021 — It’s curious that the two towers in the background of this picture at 1684 and 1668 Alberni Street are being considered for demolition and redevelopment — I assume because they are at the end of their life — while the two houses in the foreground aren’t. What is the life of a concrete tower; these two can’t be fifty years old? Does a city trying to be the greenest in the world consider demolishing buildings like these “green”?
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