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casil403
10-11-2009, 09:46 AM
7th Avenue C-train line....head one block south and it's like Robson street in Vancouver on Stephen Ave. Mall!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/3998208399_65a9b413ff_o.jpg
zenon5940
10-11-2009, 11:23 AM
Good B&W street photo. Thanks Casil for sharing.
JAS_Photo
10-11-2009, 01:06 PM
Looks cool! Yeah it's about the equivalent of Vancouver's E. Hastings down there.
tirediron
10-11-2009, 01:33 PM
Nice capture, great conversion!
Iguanasan
10-11-2009, 07:17 PM
Great capture. Looks like Gottingen St. in Halifax. I guess every city has a neighbourhood like this, eh?
Bambi
10-11-2009, 09:59 PM
this is a great capture.
Xenos
10-11-2009, 10:14 PM
Funny how every city seems to be set up like that, this is close to Electric Ave. right? Just like E. Hastings up a few blocks towards Robson in Vancouver. I see this a lot in cities.

The area that shocked me the most was in Hollywood CA. I got myself and my friend Kat guestlisted at a few hard to get into LA and Hollywood clubs over a few nights we were there last January. Being in the industry is pretty sweet, actually got to go in the DJ booth at LAX and cut a few tracks.

Walking from one club on Sunset Blvd down to The Viper Room (Johnny Depp's club) was like walking into a different world. We went from feeling awesome and safe and fun and everything else to Kat moving her purse to her left hand and holding my hand really tight and getting really close to me.

I never show fear when I'm out. I rarely feel fear but I actually felt more nervous there than when I took a wrong turn once a few yrs ago in LA and ended up on Compton Ave.

White guy in a done to the tits Ford Focus getting lost in Compton at about 9 at night. Generally not a good thing. Luckily, I kept my cool, kept the windows down and played it off real easy, asking 2 guys with Blue rags (tell tale sign of being Crip members) how to get back to Wiltshire Ave. They played all tough and all but then laughed and said "Wrong turn?" I smiled and said "Yup." They laughed and got us straightened out, shook hands (fist pound) and we took off. They told us 2 streets not to turn up, no matter what.
Michaelaw
10-11-2009, 10:26 PM
Looks cool! Yeah it's about the equivalent of Vancouver's E. Hastings down there.

With respect...If they pressure washed, painted and did repairs for two solid weeks, Hastings and Main would never look like this image. In comparison, this image is Disneyland!
JAS_Photo
10-12-2009, 03:24 AM
Yeah, I guess we don't have any urinated upon matresses on our sidewalks.:eek:
tomorrowstreasures
10-12-2009, 08:58 AM
for a seedy section of town, it sure looks clean! Nice shot!
kat
10-12-2009, 09:32 AM
Hastings Street scared the crap out of me!!! We went down to Vancouver for the BC Ball Hockey finals and a friend decided we should take a short cut..talk about an eye opener!

xenos, wow!

Nice image..lovley in BW.. just wondering..wht is the Hop In/Hop Out?