From Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History
It turns out that standing in line to buy real estate isn`t some recent Vancouver phenomena—we`ve always done it. Philip T. Timms took this picture in 1909 as hundreds of Vancouver`s wealthiest citizens lined up to buy lots in Shaughnessy Heights from the CPR offices all the way down at the foot of Granville Street. The photo shows the corner of West Hastings and Hamilton Street.
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[…] Around 1909 when the streetcar line was extended to Boundary Road, and the CPR was selling off Shaughnessy, Charles Peter, head of the Blue Ribbon Tea Business, a division of GF and J. Galt Company, […]