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Article content Change was in the air in January, 1946. “The adage ‘New times demand new measures and new men’ was never more apt than at present,” wrote urban planner Russell H. Riley in a report on Vancouver’s The Downtown Business District. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or This Week in History: 1946: American planner proposes paving Vancouvers historic core for parking lots Back to video “The post-war years will witness many signi...

by Carlito Pablo on January 6th, 2021 at 12:04 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1 For many years, readers of the Straight have picked Peckinpah as one of the best barbecue joints in Vancouver. In the 2019 edition of the paper’s Golden Plates edition, the Gastown restaurant made it to the top three of the most popular barbecue places in town. Named after the late Sam Peckinpah, a legendary American filmmaker known for gritty movies like The Wild Bunch and The Getaway, the establishment opened in 2010. Res...