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Once a Corner Grocery Store (5)

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Adele D. Oliver

Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

Once a Corner Grocery Store (5)

now a Garden Center (Victoria Drive)
before supermarkets Vancouver had many, many little corner grocery stores in every neighbourhood (the entrance door being on the corner) .... some still remain, but many have been converted to other stores, cafes, art galleries and living quarters - I love them as they take away from the impersonality of the big stores...

Once a Corner Grocery Store (4)
Adele D. Oliver

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Hans-Joachim ... Phpotography 19/12/2018 7:13
Beautiful, Now Horticulture has been defined as the culture of plants for food, comfort and beauty. A more precise definition can be given as Laughing al the way to the bank
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Berthold Klammer 11/04/2014 16:18
I'm sure that a photo book around this subject would be a great summary! regards Berthold

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Alexa frost 10/04/2014 1:45
A place that I'm so eager to go...plants...springs, colors, flowers..
Spring is so in late here... !
I enjoy very much all your corner groceries and others !
Thanks for sharing!
A hug !
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Glenn Capers 09/04/2014 17:35
Oh the corner is going to hell here. A bar for god sake's. We need a good drinking establishment to tank up at. Not some flower and fluffy business. If this person really wanted to make this community a hot bed. All they needed to do is start a soap, an peppery business with candles and scented oils in addition to selling l Alcohol for the me to buy and tai home to the darlings of their desires.

Here only half the community gets serviced. Long live supermarkets. If not turn the store into parking to.

everyone would come to park just to avoid a parking ticket.

:)))))
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Inez Correia Marques 08/04/2014 16:18
wonderful composition Adele
so many little details to look at
a little dream
kiss
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alexander stefanatos 08/04/2014 8:25
At least a garden center could be more acceptable than a "low style",ordinnary fast food touch..
best regards alexander
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Inge Striedinger 07/04/2014 21:53
Im Frühjahr haben die Garden Centers Hochsaison - das Eckgeschäft hat nostalgischen Charme!
greetings, Inge
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Lene Thomsen 07/04/2014 18:24
nice area you live in :-)

regards
Lene
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FOTO-BERNY 07/04/2014 16:43
a good eye for the special design!
beautifully captures the scene and photographed.
+ + +
gr fb
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Ernst Seifert 06/04/2014 11:02
Da ist der Kunde noch König und bekommt all das, was er für die Bestellung seines erwachenden Gartens benötigt. Hier stimmen Preis und Qualität und die Beratung ist immer mit inbegriffen.
VG Ernst
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Markus 4 06/04/2014 10:02
Adele deine Serie ist wirklich super
Habedieehre
Markus
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s. sabine krause 06/04/2014 9:41
oh, please go back and take a picture of it again, when the vine is in full bloom! i'm sure it will look even more enchanted! and i'm eager to find out what those "leaves" in the windows will turn into… love how you captured it with le figaro himself (?) ; ) tending to some crops outside! when night falls, i'm sure he'll pull down the metal shutters, shed his regular-guy disguise and start grooming his beloved plants with his bare scissorhands… ; ) hugs, sabine.
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Agapy 06/04/2014 9:17
Ja da gebe ich Dir Recht. Die Individualität wird immer mehr von den großen Konzernen aufgefressen. Gott sei Dank gibt es etliche dieser kleineren Geschäfte bei uns auch heute noch. Manche haben ihre besonderen Nischen gefunden. Eine interessante Serie, die aber mit jedem Foto ein bißchen Wehmut aufkommen läßt. Es sieht aus als gäbe es kein Zurück.
LG Roswitha
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gemblue 06/04/2014 9:08
I love these kinds of storefronts -they are usually so organic and ran by such creative people that alway manage to add a new twist to everything.
may they bloom up everywhere :-)
wishing you a nice Sunday!
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Mark Billiau. 06/04/2014 8:57
This small flower and garden shop looks pretty inviting to me.

Mark
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