Key shopping areas East Vancouver

1 key shopping areas

1.1 kingsway
1.2 main street
1.3 fraser street
1.4 commercial drive
1.5 victoria drive
1.6 hastings street

key shopping areas
kingsway


multi-ethnic shopping on kingsway in east vancouver

kingsway built on ancient aboriginal footpath , historic connector between cities of new westminster , vancouver (kingsway named westminster road ).

today, 1 of longer streets in greater vancouver area (connecting vancouver, burnaby , new westminster). length , varied services make difficult characterize; common businesses include diverse ethnic restaurants/cafés, specialty grocery stores, , many others.

key shopping areas along kingsway in east vancouver include soma (south main), kesington-cedar cottage { fraser nanaimo streets] , renfrew- collingwood. there many vietnamese restaurants , shops along corridor , has aptly been named little saigon between fraser , nanaimo street along kingsway. name little saigon debate - https://www.straight.com/article-460961/vancouver/little-saigon-right-name-area-vancouver-vietnamese-canadian-resident-says ````

main street

main street north of keefer part of downtown eastside , includes former headquarters of vancouver city police , vancouver pre-trial centre. adjoining side-streets largely small industry , warehouse, though verging on gastown west , japantown east.

main street between keefer , prior part of chinatown. area has many chinese businesses, particularly restaurants, small pottery , furniture stores, financial establishments, clothing stores , others. these businesses extend east , west of main street in area. popular chinese new year parade held each year in area.

main street core of mount pleasant neighbourhood between east 2nd/great northern way , east 16th avenues. area known younger, hip demographic. common businesses include cafés, grocery stores, pubs, vintage clothing stores, independent media stores. there fewer recent immigrants in area , more influenced people in 20s , 30s.

mid-main (between east 17th , east 41st avenues) area of main street dominated antique stores, restaurants, bars, cafés, clothing stores, bookstores, grocery stores, , independent video stores.

the south asian district, or punjabi market between e 45th e 51st avenues.

south-east marine drive, between e 65th avenue , se marine drive , south e kent avenue, has industrial , highway oriented retail.

fraser street

fraser street has 2 main shopping areas; multi-ethnic (chinese, vietnamese, filipino, russian area) between east 24th , east 28th avenues; and, between east 43rd , east 50th avenues, 1 of vancouver s several punjabi markets . street signs in area of main & 49th carry city designation little india .

commercial drive

car-free day festival on drive, june 2008.

commercial drive (between wall e 17th avenue) 1 of vibrant areas of greater vancouver region due strong multi-ethnic , activist identities. culturally, area defined historic italian , portuguese communities, developed little italy here in 1950s. since time, immigrants latin america, asia, caribbean, middle east , elsewhere mix strong aboriginal community form dynamic neighbourhood. many residents elsewhere in city come area shopping (e.g. italian cheeses), restaurants, bars, cafés , arts.

the commercial drive area consistently ranks highly city residents many amenities, including best neighbourhood , best local microbrewery , best place eat meat , , best potential hipster hangout .

victoria drive

victoria drive, between east 36th , east 43rd avenues, vibrant chinese community many restaurants, grocery stores , other services.

victoria drive, between hastings , 1st avenue full of tight knit communities boasting community gardens, village corner stores , plant shops, 100-year-old heritage homes, , block parties summer. homes beautifully painted , have been remodeled did 100 years ago.

hastings street

hastings street, runs downtown vancouver in west through burnaby in east, has many unique shopping areas. closer downtown , chinatown, thriving street culture includes many low-income, drug addicted , homeless people, close-knit community of social activists. local business includes pawn shops, cheap residency hotels, , busy informal street market in illicit drugs.

further east between clark , nanaimo, street s commercial presence includes marine , transport services, artist studios , infamous chicken factories permeate area characteristic odour. between nanaimo , boundary road hastings sunrise area, busy commercial area of asian , european shops , restaurants, banks , other services.