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PSV will be following the construction of spatial avoidance at Fraser/Kingsway with a keen eye for accidental series.
literal drift
Here at the corner of Fraser and Kingsway there is evidence of erasure. The mini-mall with constrained parking options is no longer a last resort for slices, tacos, lottery tickets, or fluff and fold. Our earliest memory of the mall remind us that during a morning commute to work in the late '90's, a bullet was fired into one of the shop windows, perhaps where the jewellery store was located.
Thereafter we will be able to readily recall the grease trap and rat warrens, and the early photography of a rooftop climber. We are invited to shape our city.
The cafe sits across from the building that housed the tofu factory that closed thirty years ago. While much has changed there is a lot that remains the same. Like the caryatids standing unburdened in the faux portico. Or the aftertaste of the sauce spread across the focaccia baked next door only a day old. And the pawn broker whose grilled windows separate the sticky fingers from the cordless drills. After forty years of sitting here lies a wealth.
DePencier House at 151 East 8th Ave (1958, CVA). Widely considered to be the oldest inhabited house in Vancouver outside of the downtown core.