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Trip to Dressew

Trip to Dressew

Oct 29, 2026

Because I am great at leaving everything to the last minute, I had to run over to Dressew today to pick up a few things for my kiddos’ Halloween Costume :) (yes, I know Halloween is in two days). Gastown and Hastings were hopping today, so I ended up parking a few blocks away, which was fine by me since it gave me an excuse to wander about with my camera. It has been a long while since I wandered these streets with any frequency, at least not like when I lived here on this side of the water. I do have to say that the graffiti game has gotten 1000% better since the before times!

Stacked concrete balconies with a towel hanging from one rise up a tan brick apartment building, crossed by a power line.
Stacked balconies with a hanging towel on a brick tower
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.
Victory Food Market and its Smoke Shop window sit beside the green Donair Dude arch, with an ornate black lamppost and grey pillar at right.
Food market and smoke shop beside an ornate lamppost
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.
A weathered concrete facade holds three windows with hanging curtains, a window air conditioner, and a boarded pane at right.
Curtained windows and an air conditioner on a weathered concrete wall
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.
Three levels of black fire escapes cross a red brick building whose lower walls carry large silver and white graffiti tags.
Red brick wall with stacked fire escapes and graffiti
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.
A five storey red brick building with fire escapes rises behind a billboard reading Kick Ass, with a radio tower and glass towers behind it.
Red brick building with fire escapes above a billboard
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.
A dumpster painted with purple and white graffiti sits beside a tagged wooden pole and a pallet, below yellow, orange, and purple pieces on a wall.
Graffiti covered dumpster and pole against a painted wall
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.
Rows of purple trimmed bay windows stack across a tan brick facade, with a red street lamp and autumn trees at the bottom edge.
Rows of bay windows on a purple and tan building
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.
A wall of weathered glass blocks fills three tall metal framed panels above a strip of grass and leaves.
Grid of weathered glass blocks in metal frames
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.
A white door with a barred window sits in a plain grey painted wall above a strip of wet pavement.
Barred white door set into a plain grey wall
Camera: Leica M11-D
Lens: Voigtlander Classic 35mm f/1.4 S.C.

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