The building at Victoria and 33rd was a centre of the German community for more than 70 years. Read more and see the historic photos.
But it’s the inside that was special. It had a hall on the main floor with a sprung dance floor, like the Commodore Ballroom, and the giant Deutsches Haus restaurant in the basement, where generations of Vancouverites washed down roasted pork hock, chicken schnitzel and Bavarian meatloaf with a German beer.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
There was also a six-foot-tall Krombacher beer bottle, several pianos, and a big lot of sandwich boards. Most were decorated with beer brands, but one of them had a somewhat tattered Mr. Dance Social Dance Club poster pasted on top, $12 for an hour-long tango lesson.Article content There are between 400 and 500 members of the Alpen Club, a society that was founded in 1935. The building at Victoria and 33rd was built in 1950.
COVID hit the club hard, so it decided to rebuild as part of a new development. But there will be some tears shed when the old Alpen Club is torn down.
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