Dear Editor,
Re; “Don’t let heritage get in the way of healthy profit,” Letters, Feb. 10
My family and I lived in the Dunbar area during our first few years in Canada.
Those were the times, as Mr. Arnold aptly described, when the street was lined with independent mom and pop stores, coffee shops, breakfast nooks and restaurants. I used to frequent a used bookstore which has now moved to Main Street because the area has been taken over by the construction of an apartment storefront building.
Gone are most of the old shops. There was a Chinese restaurant at the northern end of Dunbar that, for me, had the best crispy chicken in town.
A few of the shops are still around, but judging by the way things are going, it won’t be long before they, too, become things of the past. I still go to the same family doctor in Dunbar and I pray that the clinic where he works will not be sold to a developer.
Here in Steveston, I fear the shops in the building that belongs to the owner of the hardware store will soon be gone, too. And we may soon be missing Crafts and More and other shops we have become accustomed to and are part of the Moncton Street scene. If that happens, Steveston will lose its quaintness and uniqueness.
Perhaps, people will still come to buy fish and shrimps and to get their nails and hair done.
Lilian Tiro
Richmond
