Back in the spring and summer of 1907, Grandview was the hot item both for speculative land investors and working class home-seekers. Much of the land east of Park Drive (now called Commercial Drive) had barely been cleared; new sub-divisions were arriving on the market all the time.
This ad from an East End broker was typical of the lands being offered for sale:
This advertisement is from the “Vancouver World” 6th July 1907, p.10
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