A Bit of a View of Shore Street

09/04/201309/04/2013 John Atkin2 Comments

Shore Street was just a short bit of road on the west side of Main Street that disappeared when the Georgia Viaduct was constructed in 1914. Here the tops of a house and a couple of rooming houses poke above the northern edge of the deck of the new viaduct. The street gained notoriety when… Continue reading A Bit of a View of Shore Street

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Really Old House!

11/07/201211/07/2012 John Atkin2 Comments

In this photograph of Alexander and Powell Streets between Jackson and Princess taken in the 1950s sits the second and possibly the third oldest houses in Vancouver. I discovered the third house while doing some research for a client on the street. 502 Alexander is acknowledged as the second oldest surviving house in the city,… Continue reading Really Old House!