David Banks contributes another view of the Hastings Street corridor looking towards the Marine Building – before there was a Marine Building:
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1927: The viewcone along Hastings from one end of the CPR townsite to the other has barely changed in 85 years.
[Notice, as well, that there are no crosswalks, and pedestrians are crossing where they wish. The pre-Motordom city.]
But over 30 automobiles in the picture
1939 Pedestrian signal http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/4/1/417561/62994856-7cd6-450e-bbb5-5a8a896ad3b0-A43702.jpg
“Jaywalking permitted; word not known” — Major Mathews. http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/8/2/827420/7b0a1c8a-87a5-4809-abdc-4a00a52d25a5-A37235.jpg