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A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense .

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . In the late 1960s, community activists mobilized to block a major freeway proposal that would have decimated Chinatown, Strathcona, and Gastown.

You'd be hard pressed to find someone who grew up in British Columbia who doesn't have a memory connected to the iconic stadium named after their province.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . With the success of her 1909 book The New North , Agnes Cameron became the first celebrated BC-born author.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . After failing to make his fortune in the Cariboo Gold Rush in the 1860s, John "Gassy Jack" Deighton took over the Globe Saloon in New Westminster.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Jack Benny was a vaudevillian, radio, and television comedian. His connection to Vancouver began in 1922 when he was touring the Orpheum circuit with the Marx Brothers .

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/GDo2O04n8mk Peggy Cartwright was born in Vancouver in 1912.

Here's something you might not have expected looking at a 4 minute video clip of a Skytrain ride 27 years ago next to the same trip today: there are actually more trees now.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . http://youtu.be/p0OX_8YvFxA Although more associated with Seattle, Heart hit the big time while based in Vancouver.

A Vancouver time travelogue brought to you by Past Tense . Vancouver was in the grip of a serious yo-yo craze in the early 1930s.