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Produce Row | place, toponym | The stretch of Malkin Avenue facing Strathcona Park and RV Alley. It is so named on account of the dozen-plus wholesale produce companies that supply many of Vancouver’s groceries and restaurants with fresh fruits and vegetables every day.
Usage: “I wonder what will happen when the viaducts come down and Produce Row sees its traffic increased by a billion percent…”
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Can we stop the viaducts from coming down? It seems like a really bad idea. It seems expensive and it seems silly.