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This low-rise building near Kits Beach sold drugs in the 1940s, now it sells burgers.  

This 1931 photo shows the pool under construction. At its current length of 137 metres (it used to be even longer), it is the largest salt water pool in North America. It was originally filled by the tidal flow from Burrard Inlet. It was extensively rebuilt in 1979 and again in 2018. (Major Matthews photo from Vancouver City Archives). 

A battalion of Canadian troops march down Pender Street on their way to World War I.  The Palmer (later called the Pender Hotel), built in 1913, is still operating under the name Skwachays Lodge, although only the facade remains from the original building. Further down the block, the Arco Hotel can be seen.  (1915 Stuart Thompson photograph from the Vancouver City Archives).

A Kitsilano courtyard in 1970. Built and managed by Balfour Properties, and photographed by Vlad Keremidschieff. 

This photo shows a Kiwanis picnic at Kits Beach in 1914. (1914 photo from Vancouver City Archives).

This 1899 building is one of the oldest on the Granville Strip. It was built a little too early - by 1901 it was still surrounded by vacant land.  The upstairs floor was originally residential. One of its tenants was Sam Greer, who for a time owned most of Kits Beach (interesting back story here). (1925 photo from Vancouver City Archives).

This building first showed up in the City directory in 1912. Before Vancouver adopted zoning in 1928, Vancouver boasted hundreds of family owned grocery stores scattered throughout the City.  Few have survived, although recently there have been efforts to revive neighbourhood retailers.  Some of the structures, like this one, have been converted to private homes. (1969 photo from Vancouver City Archive. )

In 1934, tickets for the PNE's first prize home cost 10 cents each. The house, fully furnished, was valued at $5000, and was won by Leonard Frewin, a delivery driver for Spencer's Department Store.  It was dragged by horse-drawn skid from the PNE grounds to its present location. (1935 photo from Vancouver City Archives).

Completed in 1913 with rooms costing $1 a day, the Patricia was a bustling social hub for decades. It hosted boxing matches in its basement and jazz performers like Jelly Roll Morton in the upstairs lounge.  In later years it fell into disrepair, but was recently purchased by the City to provide supportive housing for the recently evicted Strathcona campers. (1917 photo from Vancouver City Archives).

The Quigley Knitting Company made uniforms for the military, police and fire departments in the city. Today, the 1912 building is home to a fancy juice bar and Vancouver's finest ice cream.  (1923 images from Vancouver City Archives).