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5 more things you (probably) didn't know about music in Vancouver

5 more things you (probably) didn't know about music in Vancouver

From Motley Crue's favourite hangouts, to a Richmond garage band's late debut, to the famed Mushroom Studios, to the song My Vancouver, Your Vancouver.
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Vancouver Now & Then: A well-preserved South Granville apartment building, 1928 and 2020

Vancouver Now & Then: A well-preserved South Granville apartment building, 1928 and 2020

Built in 1925, the building at Hemlock and West 10th Avenue still going strong.
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Photos: This is what Vancouver's West End looked like a century ago

Photos: This is what Vancouver's West End looked like a century ago

Welcome to one of Vancouver's hottest neighbourhoods from the 1890s to 1920s
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Memory Lane: Have you been to the first McDonald's in Canada?

Memory Lane: Have you been to the first McDonald's in Canada?

This photo was taken in Richmond in 1967
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about the U.S.-Canada border near Vancouver

5 things you (probably) didn't know about the U.S.-Canada border near Vancouver

What lies beyond 0 Avenue?
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Vancouver Now & Then: Granville Island Brewing building in 1974 and 2020

Vancouver Now & Then: Granville Island Brewing building in 1974 and 2020

Once upon a time, Granville Island was an oil-soaked shanty town full of decrepit warehouses
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A look back at Lougheed Highway through Burnaby, Coquitlam in the 1960s — and today

A look back at Lougheed Highway through Burnaby, Coquitlam in the 1960s — and today

Port Moody history buff creates side-by-side video of Lougheed Highway when it was just a 'country road' next to today's high rise developments and SkyTrain route.
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5 things you (probably) didn't know about vehicles in Vancouver

5 things you (probably) didn't know about vehicles in Vancouver

From a tragedy involving the first motorized ambulance to historic vehicles you can visit today.
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Vancouver Now & Then: From fur coats to fast food at the corner of Granville and Cordova

Vancouver Now & Then: From fur coats to fast food at the corner of Granville and Cordova

A look at a busy Vancouver corner nearly 100 years apart
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Images: Explore Vancouver through this 99-year-old tourism pamphlet

Images: Explore Vancouver through this 99-year-old tourism pamphlet

The map is neat, but the ads also give an interesting insight into the time period
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