Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside/Japantown enclave has been recently returned to the neighbourhood with much fanfare after a 2.5 million dollar facelift that now seems almost too posh for its previous regular inhabitants, although if they have already re-occupied their "home" territory, the washroom facilities are much brighter and cleaner and well-worth a visit...
I, however, find the blocks [Dunlevy Avenue, Powell Street, Jackson Avenue and Cordova Street] facing the park much more intriguing in their evolving cosmetic alterations and wildly diverse stylistic modifications...
I, however, find the blocks [Dunlevy Avenue, Powell Street, Jackson Avenue and Cordova Street] facing the park much more intriguing in their evolving cosmetic alterations and wildly diverse stylistic modifications...
from this vertical strip-lapped bento-boxed minimalism...
to more traditional ship-lapped frontier-style trading post, now jazzed up like a garish show-girl...
to cagey yet hip with cool signage for those without a second hand???
to the sturdy, trustworthy provider of faith and hope for the needy and the speedy...
to a gracious classic pioneer box house with welcoming front porch [but concealing curtained windows]...
to a turn of the 20th century deco-moderne funeral parlour converted into art gallery and multi-purpose live venue for the mostly undead...[needless to say, memorial services can still be arranged]
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