Imagine regenrating downtown into a walkable town with no cars like they do so well in Dutch cities... It could be done but it would take a billion dollars and 10 years work plus 10 years to plan it.
Oh please. Vancouver had the personality of a stop sign back then . We enjoy Vancouver now more than ever, *NOW* as it has way more to offer, including a cosmopolitan ethnic diversity of cultural/gastronomic choices befitting a proper world destination.
@@smallstudiodesignI respectfully disagree with you. Back then, there were events to go to almost every day of the week. Cinemas were everywhere, restaurants were interesting. There were 24 hour restaurants as well, that we all went to at 3 in the morning if we found ourselves out at that hour. Went to plays and other shows at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. There were also 3 major Roller Rinks (that I knew of) that were well patronized by all ages and were a lot of fun, plus great exercise. We all got along well too. “The personality of a stop sign”? Where were you to arrive at that description?
Moved to Florida and grew up in Vancouver 90's. My uncle used to work on the Wise Guy and Sliders shows, and now retired, tells me he couldnt recognize it anymore. Hard not to believe that Skid Row from 2 blocks grew to reach Pender in 3 decades.
Its sweet looking back at street scenes from times past. Also the glory days of emigration to Canada are long gone, 70's and 80's would have been a charming time to relocate.
I almost don’t want to watch these videos, because I KNOW the comments will be full of “it was great then, now it’s a shithole”. So tedious. Cities are organic, they change and grow. Every decade that people have experienced was THE BEST time to be in Vancouver. Whether it’s the 40s,50s, 60s, all the way up to the 90s. I’m born and raised in Vancouver, and I’ve loved every phase, never more than the one I’m currently experiencing.
This is an excellent video. There are a lot of Vancouverites today who have no idea what this city was like 40 years ago, because they were not born yet. I can remember when Vancouver was full of the "Beautiful People" in the early '80's even much more extreme than what we see from 40:30 - 42:00 and 43:30 - 44:00........... and serious woe to the person who did not match up to the Beautiful People's physical and psychological ideals........... they were mocked, jeered and ostracized by the "Beautiful People" as useless creatures at best.......... menaced, threatened and persecuted as inferior beings at worst.
Vancouver, before Expo 86 started its downfall. at 44:50 those folks with the nets are fishing for oolichans a fishery in steady decline over the decades.
@@bilobath6093 They where to busy enslaving, killing, and eating each other! It wasn't the happy Pocahontas life that you think it was!! And if the Europeans didn't colonize North America then the Asians would have. If you don't like it build a time machine and do something about it!
