Thursday, August 1, 2013

A walk along Main Street


Today's walk took us along Main Street from 20th to 30th Avenue. Gentrification is everywhere but there are still holdouts from yesteryear. The Army, Navy & Air Force club at 23rd and Main Street has been pouring beer and hosting events for over 60 years. It has become an affordable and fun venue for karaoke enthusiasts including Adrian & Ashley. Windsor meats, serving my family from the 1940's to the 1970's, is now operated by a grandson of the original owner. They carry grain fed, local meats.

The shops on both sides of Main Street offer a wide range of coffee options and merchandise.




From Main Street we turned west and walked back along Ontario Street, the dividing line between East Vancouver and the west side of the city. Growing up on the east side, I was definitely from the "wrong side of the tracks". Even the sidewalks were different!! On the west side of Ontario the pavement was relatively new, quite smooth and wide. On the east side we had to step carefully over aging cracks on a narrow pathway. Huh!! No houses faced east along the west side of Ontario but rows of houses faced west on the east side. It was as though developers knew that affluent westside residents would not want to look at their poorer neighbours! 

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