Whatever Became of Cambie Street? First in a Series

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by Esther Chetner for The Vancouver Observer

We’ve all been aware of the Cambie mess this past year
and a half, and it has been in the news for so long that the profile
has almost disappeared. So I set out to discover what a current cross
section of life on Cambie looks like.



If you’re looking for a novel place to get some outdoor urban exercise,
the current stretch of Cambie Street, between 12th and 16th Avenues,
offers an eight block span, round trip, of construction curiosity, safe
retail therapy (all you can really do is window shop), and a slight
incline, to justify this as a workout, as you head south.



Surprisingly, the few retail stores or services that were open at noon
on a recent drizzly Saturday were frequently staffed by people who were
reluctant to share their experiences.



In part, I got the strong sense that the commercial tenants have been
over-interviewed, developed a mistrust of the construction timeline
pronouncements, and feel that giving yet another interview won’t make a
difference.



Also, many of the people working on this strip find expressing
themselves in English to be a challenge and were timid about offering
their thoughts.



A few of the people I met even seemed to suggest that doing interviews was not in their job descriptions.



My biggest disappointment was in not being able to eat lunch at Shiro,
one of my all time sushi favorites. Not only was it open at 12 noon,
but a few people even managed to walk in the door early.



This bento box-sized restaurant had at least six staff prepping, so
they were obviously expecting a dynamite roll impact of customers.


Read the rest of this great story on The Vancouver Observer