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In front of Fairview's gracefully ageing apartment buildings, colourful, meticulous, landscaping abounds -- building managers really seem to be able to indulge their green thumbs. Fairview renters may get tiny apartments, for high monthly rents. But, they get to live in well maintained buildings, in a nice area. close to so much great shopping, and a vibrant night life (glug, glug. glug). And they get flowers.

South Granville undergoes a year-round schedule of seasonally-themed beautification. I guess it's time for flower bundles hanging from light poles. Around Christmas, in all the planters along South Granville, we get the green shrubby plants with the red pokey leaves -- Poinsettias.

Left to right: 1.) the flowers are delivered about 9 am, during rush hour, on the busy South side of West Broadway Avenue, just East of the intersection with South Granville Street. 2.) Workers jostle with commuters to hang the first of two flower bundles on the South side of West Broadway, at a bus stop. 3.) The workers have moved across to the North side of West Broadway -- they couldn't get the second bundle up, and left the scene on either end of the ladder, with the flower bundle hanging off the middle of the ladder.

See what's in the planters along South Granville ►

Night watering of the South Granville flower bundles ►

 



Look, A hatchback full of geraniums, and crisanth.... crysanthan... crysantinam... flowers. The nice woman delivering them, was so shy about having her photo taken that she melted away, on the spot. Before that, she explained, this was her father's flower business. Click the ... flowers to see them larger.