Some of the oldest houses in Vancouver are located in the Strathcona area. You can still see many houses that were built over 100 years ago, some going back as far as the late 1800's. This one appears to be tilting to one side.
Many of these houses still have the original wood siding as opposed to being covered over with stucco or aluminum siding.
Situated across from Admiral Seymour school, Vernon Drive Grocery occupies the front part of a building that was built over 100 years ago. Most of these older mom and pop type grocery stores have disappeared from the Vancouver landscape over the last 20 years. Of the ones remaining, this is the only one I can recall seeing with Pepsi advertising instead of the bright red Coca Cola button signs.
Taken from Hastings Street, CPR railway tracks divide part of the Strathcona neighborhood.
Located just a few kilometers east of downtown ,
Strathcona is considered to be one of Vancouver's oldest neighborhoods.
Culturally diverse, it also offers a great blend of architectural styles
that include row houses, pioneer cottages, Queen Anne and Victoria
style homes, Edwardian houses and apartment buildings. It is home to two
of Vancouver's oldest schools and remains one of the few areas in the
city where one can still visualize images in the style of renown
photographer Fred Herzog.
It is bordered by
Hastings Street to the north, the Great Northern Way to the south, Clark
Drive to the east and Main Street to the west.
This pedestrian overpass was built over the railway tracks in the 1970's after parents complained that their children had to cross the tracks on their way to and from school.
Once over the foot bridge you end up on Keefer Street where this dilapidated house is situated to the left and this laneway winds it's way to the right. This neighborhood is sometimes referred to as Kiwassa.
