I lived at 4th and Vine 70s i to early 80s…late 60s too
my highest rent…for kitchen/dining area , bathroom, larger livingroom and two bedrooms was $120.00 a month!

I love that building, so happy it’s still there. Thanks so much for your recollections of Kits – such a fun read!

I remember that place. I was working as a treeplanter out of Squamish in the early seventies and used to daydream about their
pina colada on hot days. I could hardly wait to get back for one!

Hello Gord, my name is Melinda Harman, my father was Jack Harman who had the bronze casting foundry on Alexander Street where you rented your studio space. It was so interesting to read your story about your time and experience in Vancouver back then. I remember that my dad rented studio space and am happy to know that he was generous to young artists by keeping the rent low 🙂

Elsie’s??

Elsie’s also did gingerbread houses

Hello,
It is the 60th Anniversary of the building housing Elsie’s, which the original Elsie and her husband built.

I grew up on 7th and Bayswater. So many memories. My parents still live in the same house.
They bought it in 1965 for 22 grand. Remember Rohans rockpile, Blackswan records. I remember leather shops, head shops, health food stores. Hamleton Harvey / Fedco ,department store on 4th and Steven’s. Before that it was a curling rink. Tatlow park was a major hangout for us. Little league baseball was a blast.
We would have a parade from Broadway and Mcdonald west to Waterloo and north to Mcbride park for opening day. Could go on and on. Great place to grow up.

My favorite health food store was ” Back To Eden” 4th and Vine. Cliff Morris owned it. Great juice bar.

Thank you for your mention Phyllis, Yes it was a typical street scene with the working parents, so you can imagine how out of place I was at Henry Hudson. lol There was an abandoned gas station on the corner of W.3rd & Burrard and for some reason I was always fascinated by it, probably because of the 40’s or so architecture & how it probably was a very busy place back in it’s day on Burrard. After a very long search through Vancouver archives I finally found the closest picture that I think was the original service station. Now I just have to find it in my archives .. lol I remember Mom telling me when Janis Joplin & The Grateful Dead came to town and after their shows they ended up in our neighborhood and down at the Peace House. Although that was before my time, Although I do remember various Orange & Purple substances from the days, if you know what I mean 😎 lol I wish I could remember his name, Mom used to babysit for his kids when they lived at the Peace House, he was one of the founders of Addle Chromish (Light Show) I think the name was & unfortunately his tragic story in the end ..

Billy 1872 west 3rd is a story all by itself we all had a great time there and many memories. The rest of the street was your typical working parents and kids who got to watch the circus everyday that 1872 was.

I grew up right across the street. 2081 Creelman was my family home till my mom sold the place in the early 80s. She got a good price for it, but of course in 2024 it would be worth much more than what she sold it for back when.

I lived in one of the apartments above Lifestream for awhile. Who was the friend you knew there? Maybe I know her…. Bruce

As a new immigrant from the UK I was very impressed that she pinned up on the board any nsf cheques that people had paid with!!

The fog horn wasn’t defective, the “grunt” at the end of the second note was a “feature” of the diaphone style fog horn, invented in Canada BTW.

I’d love to see the old Lifestream photos, Bruce. I know I went in there a lot, but my memory if its layout is so vague now. I’d love to see any other photos, for that matter. They’re really good, and so evocative of that era!