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Vancouver Was Awesome: Hawks Avenue, 1960s

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Hawks Avenue at East Georgia Street in the 1960s. For most of its existence, Strathcona has been densely populated with structures like this.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense.

Hawks Avenue at East Georgia Street in the 1960s.

For most of its existence, Strathcona has been densely populated with structures like this. What's now considered necessary and eco-friendly urban density was then deemed by planners as an overcrowded slum district in need of urban renewal.

Source: When An Old House Whispers