kingsway long lived...[vancouver stretch]

On a recent Saturday evening when the sun was less intense, I biked a length of Kingsway from Victoria Drive all the way to Boundary - going south east along the north sidewalk and back north west on the south sidewalk [it was dinner hour and the sidewalks were mostly deserted] - and found a long street more than a little lost in time despite being a fairly busy thoroughfare connecting Vancouver center [at Main Street] diagonally to the Burnaby- New Westminster border... [It was known as Westminster Road when it was first constructed and renamed Kingsway in 1913]
The blocks are comprised of mostly low rise modestly nondescript commercial buildings, some with apartments above, and the businesses are still small family run shops and simple restaurants of various asian flavours...

a disco flashy torso in a closed for the night beauty parlour draws the eye...

while next door, an empty restaurant waits serenely for customers...

an upholstery shop so left over from another era...

and a signage post from the 1960's for a fast food restaurant remains standing...

the meticulously kept cluster of bungalows that constitutes the 2400 Court Motel exudes a mid-century wholesomeness that has somehow defied the marks of time and evolving tastes...

unlike the corner grocery store that has succumbed to the changes in buying habits and the neglect of neighbourhood support...

the Dream has died with this ex-wedding shop...

and Kimmy's desperately needs a face-lift!