Back when the older picture was taken, people drove on the left side of the road, Emily Carr taught painting a few blocks away, and you could buy a building lot in Shaughnessy Heights for $50.
The building at 2247 Granville St was once the Fairview branch of the Royal Bank; these days, if you need an RBC, there's one just a couple of blocks south now. The old bank building currently houses a fine art auction business.
John Bentley is an architectural photographer who has photographed the inside and outside of thousands of buildings around Vancouver. Using images from the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Archives he offers a glimpse of the past and present on his site .
