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Brankasaurus the building manager is a delight to pass in the building and a dream to meet in the pool.

An anonymous user originally marked this spot as "My first cigarette", with this story: === So, I was playing at the Big Band Bash. I think I was about 15 or 16. Anyway, after the show these two chicks came up to me and asked me to pretend to be someone named... hell, I can't remember. Maybe Louie? Good enough. Louie had loaned them his car and it had broken down. They were waiting for CAA, but they needed somebody to stand there and be the owner. CAA wouldn't give them service if the owner wasn't there. some sort of policy I suppose. That the guy had signed up for the service, Not the car. Anyhow, we were standing there waiting and I was being Louie. It took a while. While we were waiting, one of them smoked. I asked too bum one. I'd always liked the smell of cigarette smoke, even when I was very little I remember it fondly. Neither of my parents smoked(officially). I only smelt it walking around downtown with my dad wwhen I was so little I couldn't talk to another grown up. I saw the world through one eye. The other eye concretely fixed to the back of my Dad's leg. I enjoyed it. Had another. Got a ride home. I remember my heart beat a little faster than it should as I was trying to fall asleep.

233 E.12th Ave Vancouver, BC V5T 2H1

great school,well known for a "shady past",no more it has been turned 180 by its new principle.great teachers.

Now 2008, much diminished. Trolley buses have to turn in here, but fewer suburban diesel buses. Most surbuban buses now stop on Hastings and proceed along their route as this loop is no longer their terminus. Was a streetcar loop until April 1957. Had a small coffee shop in the centre from 1940s to 1960s.

Closed forever in September 2008

Another Hakka (Fujian Province of China, and overseas populations) church is on Princess Street in Chinatown.

Very socially active church

Park is dredged and the banks are adjusted every few years to prevent eutrophication. It is filled with natural run off but has no outlet. A jet d'eau spray is to keep it aeriated. There have been attempts to add fish to it. Reed islands have been created near the banks to protect the bird population. In summers, a large 'paseo' or promenade occurs on most fine weather nights of the locals walking slowly around the lake. Some times there is model yacht sailing in the north side.

Is Commercial Street, while the cultural hub is 4 km north and called Commercial Drive. Here Commercial drive diversion lead to Victoria Drive and The (Commercial) Drive ended. Was a street of light industry in the 1950s: bakeries, furniture, car repairs, millwork etc. Rose up in the 1910s as a stop on the Interurban trams with a movie house, apartments shops and such.

Fire in 2007 never recovered. Still closed Nov. 2008. A chain store, site was formerly a Fedco, and Fields store

A large condo (self-owned) apmartment complex that may not be evident in Google photo. Completed in September 2008. Includes 16 story tower on corner, branch library, coffee shops and a few stores.

A drive-in or drive-through bank. Formerly Canada Trust, became TD Canada Trust when Toronto-Dominion Bank did a takeover

this is "Ocean Cement" not Lafarge cement

this is where i lived once

Worst club ever!

Let's take our tiny dog for a walk and get some sushi before yoga class, shall we?

Battlestar Galactica miniseries shot here as well (Laura Roslyn's doctor's office)

I was in an Extra Foods (North Road and Lougheed) which had the exact same ceiling inside...