Once a thriving village of 40 stores and a school prior to World War I, it became a quiet backwater within a decade – and it still is, even though it’s but a few blocks from one of the busiest of Vancouver’s transit exchanges. But where?
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Find out at Price Points in SpacingVancouver.
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http://spacingvancouver.ca/2012/04/02/price-points-a-village-in-the-city/
I “discovered” Commercial Street a couple of years ago when I realized it provided a much gentler grade from the Central Valley up to the south ridge than the “official” bike route on Gladstone. It’s a few blocks of pleasant, quiet mixed commercial and residential buildings.