You should have been here in the 1960’s and 70’s. It was still so beautiful and mostly peaceful.

I love this post. Brought great memories of mix tapes created by friends, hanging out with people talking face to face with NO phones present….

One thing I totally miss is seeing the cool fashion expression of the punks hanging out on the Vancouver Art Gallery steps. The Mohawks, black leather, safety pins, dramatic makeup, I miss this deeply. I guess when people defined themselves in person rather than defining themselves digitally. Now a days, downtown Vancouver is boring AF. It’s just investor backed companies with street people sleeping in front of storefronts. I miss my live music venues. The good old days….

Expo 86 changed everything...from the eviction of downtown eastside residents to 'clean up' the city for visitors to major land development exploitation. Although Expo was fun, it gentrified and ruined what was a relatively quiet city. There are trade-offs for everything.

We lived in the golden age. Thank god I took advantage of the real estate market.

All the nightlife was spread all over downtown not concentrated in 1 area,
Bill Kees on Kingsway 2am Wonton Soup for 2.99
Kits Pub Carnegies people were genuine no social media what you see is what you get,phone numbers of people you meet in places the energy and atmosphere.
I'm glad I was born in the 60 s and got to see and do it all.

Saw some good bands at the dump and the starfish room.

let's not forget the bus home after a night on the town. Lurching along on a 14 Hastings full of lunatics not quite ready for bed. I got a round of applause exiting the bus one night after helping a couple of drunks with their argument.