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After #Canadian #immigration rules changed in the decades following #WW2 many #ImmigrantFamilies saw the corner #grocery as a chance to #EarnALiving in #Vancouver .
..Since these #photos were taken, in the #mid1970s #CornerStores have all but #disappeared . Supermarkets, chain convenience stores, big box stores & car-culture changed how people shopped. Starting in #1980s amendments to city #bylaws & rising property costs sealed their fates.
https://scoutmagazine.ca/2023/03/16/you-should-know-about-vancouvers-history-of-independent-grocery-stores-vol-2/