Celebrating the Stores & Stories of Long-Time Merchants!
The West Broadway BIA is excited to introduce you to our Stars on Broadway – 73 of our local eats, shops and services who have been in business for over 20 years! These long-time businesses have opened their doors, warmed our hearts and made many memories in the community and we are proud to feature them on our new street banners. We encourage you to meet the merchants, visit their stores and learn their stories.
Special thanks to Emily Carr and BrainBoost Education as well as Peter Forde, Emma Heckman, Jack Morris and Natalie Schmidt – the talented illustrators who brought the merchant caricatures to life.
Local community organizations including the Vancouver Public Library’s Kitsilano Branch, the Kitsilano Community Centre and Kitsilano Neighbourhood house are helping to honour our long-time merchants with our roaming exhibit, ‘Stories on Broadway’, which gives you the opportunity to take a close up look at the Stars on Broadway street banner art accompanied by the merchant’s stories. Currently, you can find the exhibit at Kitsilano CC for the month of August!
Next time you’re in the neighbourhood look up and see the stars on Broadway!
The Gallery Custom Frame and Picture
For decades Frank has been helping people turn their favourite prints and paintings into art that can fills the bare walls in their homes and offices.
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The Kitsilano Family Law Group
The Kitsilano Family Law Group was born out of a personal passion for owner, William Storey, who has always enjoyed helping families solve their problems.
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The Salvation Army Thrift Store
The Salvation Army Thrift Store was formed by our founder William Booth, who formed the 'Household Salvage Brigade' in Europe in response to the fear of diseases and the desire to preserve the land.
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The Sunshine Diner
The Sunshine Diner originally started out as The Sunshine Cafe four decades ago. To this day the Sunshine Diner remains in the heart of Kitsilano, or what the Pantsios family likes to call "the best place on earth" or "home sweet home".
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The Toybox
You could say Gary and Misti are in the business of having fun. After opening the first kids indoor play centre on the North Shore, followed by their own Toy Jungle, they purchased The Toybox, the oldest toy store in Western Canada, in 2009 and have been running both stores as a family to this day.
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The Travel Bug
Specializing in travel luggage, books, maps, and accessories, The Travel Bug has been operating in Kitsilano since 1988.
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Travel Best Bets
After 23 years in business, Travel Best Bets has become one of Canada’s largest independent travel companies and has received numerous awards for their sales and customer service.
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Travel Masters
Travel Masters was born in 1994 after its founder identified a gap in the market.
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Turnabout Luxury Resale
Turnabout was born from a love of fashion and people. At the age of 23, Joy had the idea of 'turning about' one’s wardrobe and it immediately took off.
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Vancity
In 1946, fourteen Vancouverites, frustrated with the lack of financial services available to regular folks, signed a charter and on October 11, 1946, Vancouver City Savings Credit Union is open for business.
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West 9th Dental Clinic
Dr. Lisa Rai, takes great pride in providing the highest level of oral health care to her patients at West 9th Dental.
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White Spot
It all started with with a visionary named Nat Bailey, who transformed his Model T into a travelling lunch counter to serve hungry sightseers at Vancouver’s Lookout Point.
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