some pics of gastown for trofihn - sorry i can't figure out how to spell your name without looking at it I noticed walking around hastings near woodwards and save-on-meats the derelict and homeless etc are outnumbered by regular folk and tourists, scenesters, hipsters, trendsters etc. kinda weird and was not on edge at all like would normally feel when walking down there
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this end of blood alley really starts to stink and there were hundreds of flies - no wonder that store keeps it doors and windows closed and can't be too pleasant on the patios in the mews... they need to remove the 5 or so dumpsters that sit there...
this part was smelling disgusting i couldn't linger
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I kinda miss the old wrought iron work that used to be in this place it feels kinda plain and blah now
In your Gastown photo series, I can see a subtle upmarket trend visible, regarding the refurbishment of a building, to a "tonier" look to some passages etc. I wonder if Gastown will ever gain the critical mass to become another Yorkville? Of course, in Yorkville, it's mid-town and far from poverty's edge, so I doubt it, and of course Toronto is a much larger market.
Thanks for the pics. This Gastown Courtyard is a real mistake, even moreso today than it was when it was first built (early 80s?). I can kind of get what they were trying to do (ground floor), but it was poorly executed. I don't get the upper floors and what sort of architectural considerations they put into that.
That complex, plus the empty former Museum of Vancouver create a void zone along Water right now.
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I noticed walking around hastings near woodwards and save-on-meats the derelict and homeless etc are outnumbered by regular folk and tourists, scenesters, hipsters, trendsters etc. kinda weird and was not on edge at all like would normally feel when walking down there
thanks, Sponge !
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