The Nelson Cafe

This is an older photo from the summer of 2009 and shows yet another piece of old Vancouver that's just a memory now. The building was at 655 Nelson Street just South East of Granville behind the old Kripps Pharmacy. Both were torn down as there was a push to remake Granville Street before the arrival of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Looking back in the City Directories the building that housed the cafe had many occupants over the years. In 1932 it was the Belmont Cleaners (no doubt servicing the Belmont Hotel just across the street), in 1940 it was the location of Dom Taxi Ltd, and in 1952 it was the home of Dey's Glass Works. If you look at this link in Google Street View the new building is more modern and functional but is incredibly bland and characterless. This is an all too common problem with many new buildings in the city.