Masthead Image

Amacon's District is just so Main Street (not!)

Vancouver Sun reports:  Competitively priced and conveniently located, the District buildings, and their homes, will assume a bigger-than-their-households role once up, permanent pointers to a predecessor industrial Vancouver and its artistic and artisanal successor.  Click here to read the full article.

Sidebar Image

“Love one another, and think of me once and a while.” – Inscription on tombstone near the mouth of old Brewery Creek

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." – Margaret Mead, Writer

“You don’t have to go to Paris, you don’t have to go to New York—it’s all right here.” – Olivia, local boutique owner

“Main Street still has a level of reality. It’s a neighbourhood…neighbourhoods are important” – Dustin, local barber

“I’m here because my people are here” – Local shop owner

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Sir Winston Churchill

“There’s always events, art galleries; you tend to see familiar faces… which I like” – Main St. local

"There's a great community here. South Main has a thriving mix of galleries, bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants and clothing boutiques that are owned by like-minded individuals." – Local record shop owner

"Main St. is home to many artists, writers, students and young professionals. There's also a sense of history here." – Local business owner