Back when the older picture was taken, people drove on the left side of the road, Emily Carr taught painting a few blocks away, and you could buy a building lot in Shaughnessy Heights for $50.
The building at 2247 Granville St was once the Fairview branch of the Royal Bank; these days, if you need an RBC, there's one just a couple of blocks south now. The old bank building currently houses a fine art auction business.
John Bentley is an architectural photographer who has photographed the inside and outside of thousands of buildings around Vancouver. Using images from the Vancouver Archives he offers a glimpse of the past and present on his site Vancouver Now & Then.
