West Side has a bad case of East Van cross envy

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      Recently, I came across these West Side versions of the East Van cross. Aren't there other religious symbols we could appropriate for neighbourhood pride? Maybe a West Side pentagram and Star of Kitsilano are in order.

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      LTD.Edition

      Sep 21, 2012 at 5:55pm

      No, east van crosses have a history to them that gives them meaning. Anything for the purpose of "Oooo, we want one too!" is meaningless and superficial.

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      eastsider

      Sep 21, 2012 at 7:23pm

      Plus, those pictured attempts are just sad.

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      East Juan

      Sep 21, 2012 at 7:53pm

      East Van is just copying the Dogtown cross, and they were copying graffiti in Venice beach.

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      Martin Dunphy

      Sep 21, 2012 at 8:24pm

      East Juan:

      Way before Dogtown, bud.
      And no one in East Van has ever, even today, heard of Venice Beach.

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      scathie

      Sep 22, 2012 at 3:45am

      What are you talking about, Martin? Where do you think all those Digital Domain guys from Venice moved to when they opened up here? Yeah, they're all living large out in East Van these days.

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      Dave Allodar.

      Sep 22, 2012 at 12:29pm

      Nobody on the West Side is envious of anything to do with East Van. We relish not having bars on our ground floor windows and smelling the ocean rather than the smell of turd.

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      spacehindu

      Sep 22, 2012 at 1:12pm

      so lame the East Van cross belongs to East Van, it shall not be misappropriated. I think I am gonna have to go old school and get out some cans and cross these out. Maybe I'll see if Ken Lum wants to roll with! Martin is right the East Van cross goes all the way back to the 50s.

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      isaq21029102192019209

      Sep 22, 2012 at 3:51pm

      Uh, you don't get it. It's a joke, it's poking fun at the "REPREZENT EAST VAN-VANCITY-LORDS OF ASSTOWN-WELCOME TO EAST VANCOUVER-THE EAST VAN" douchebags that have invaded from Kelowna, Alberta, Ontario and wherever the f**k else. Those "BC BORN AND BRED" shirts are lame also. Localism is for losers who can't afford to travel.

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      Fact

      Sep 22, 2012 at 4:18pm

      There is no argument. Many Vancouverites know it has been around for over 60 years.....Many of us old folks remember it going way back.

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      motorama

      Sep 22, 2012 at 4:37pm

      the Clark Parkers were using the East Van symbol in the 50's - quite a bit earlier than Dog Town

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