Commercial Drive

Where to begin with describing the Drive? It's brash. It's got opinions. The pedestrians are anything but and will walk into the street as if every day is Car Free Day. Located in Vancouver's east side, the neighbourhood officially known as Grandview-Woodland has been the nexus of a wide variety of different ethnic and cultural groups since its heyday as a Vancouver's counter-culture scene. Since then it has seen waves of first Italian, then Portuguese, Latin American and East Asian immigrants settling and making the neighbourhood home. It's not so much a melting pot and more of a Jackson Pollock painting with each blob of paint be it Chinese, Ethiopian, lesbian, or crust-punk adding its own unique voice and presence to a larger whole.

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Figaro's Garden

Address
1896 Victoria Drive
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I'm a sucker for businesses in otherwise residentially zoned areas, all tucked away and peaceful, waiting for you to stumble upon them during a stroll. Figaro's Garden, one such establishment, caters to everyone from the urban horticulturalist to the casual plant dude that just wants a splash of green on their desk. Their focus is on ecologically sound practices and even offer full educational services like workshops, pest identification, and potting for those of us whose thumbs might be less than green.

Figaro's Garden
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Figaro's Garden
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Figaro's Garden
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Figaro's Garden
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Figaro's Garden
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Figaro's Garden
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Prado Cafe

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