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Vancouver Now & Then: This Mount Pleasant home was once a corner store

It's getting hard to find these little neighbourhood retail relics.
John Bentley - Vancouver Now & Then
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The corner of East 11th Avenue and St Catherines Street in Vancouver was once the home to a corner store called the Little Cottage Confectionery and Grocery. Here's a look at the building in 1965 and 2020.John Bentley/Vancouver Now & Then and Vancouver Archives

This is the site of the one-time Little Cottage Confectionery and Grocery, as seen in 1965 and 2020.

I imagine a lot of love went into the transformation of this corner store, built in 1910, into a beautiful home.

It's getting hard to find these little neighbourhood retail relics.

This store at the corner of East 11th Avenue and St. Catherines Street lasted until 1978 before it was converted into a private home.

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The corner of East 11th Avenue and St Catherines Street in Vancouver was once the home to a corner store called the Little Cottage Confectionery and Grocery. Here's a look at the building in 1965 and 2020. John Bentley/Vancouver Now & Then and Vancouver Archives

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.