is generally a mix of architecture, with older bungalows in between new houses and renovated houses. Kerrisdale has a mix of professionals, wealthy people, and students renting basement suites or more inexpensive apartment blocks to attend nearby schools. The area is also home to elderly residents who primarily rent in the low rise rental blocks that characterize the north central section of the community. Projected average 2008 household income: $131,769 as compared with $75,854 and $79,798 for Vancouver and Metro Vancouver respectively. Services The stretch of businesses along W. 41st Ave between Balsam and Maple streets comprise the Kerrisdale Business Association, the longest running such association in Vancouver. Member businesses pool funds for festivities and general beautification of the area, including the hiring of a full-time gardener during summer months. The Arbutus Corridor, a no-longer-used CPR railway line which bisects the neighbourhood, has been purchased by the City of Vancouver and will be a series of community gardens, as well as a greenway for bicycles and pedestrians. The railway line has been removed and the right of way has been converted into a greenway for pedestrians and cyclists. Kerrisdale Community Centre is home to the Kerrisdale Branch of the Vancouver Public Library, and Kerrisdale Pool. North of 41st Avenue on East Boulevard is the Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena, built in 1949 as a hockey arena and was used as wrestling venue for 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. The Arbutus Greenway, a large path designed for bikers and pedestrians, runs North-South through the heart of Kerrisdale. Education Kerrisdale is home to Kerrisdale Elementary School, Kerrisdale Annex, Maple Grove Elementary School, Dr. R. E. McKechnie Elementary School, and Quilchena Elementary School, as well as Magee Secondary School, Prince of Wales Secondary School and Point Grey Secondary School. Crofton House School, a private school for girls, is on the western edge of the neighbourhood, next to Dunbar-Southlands. Further reading Majury, N. (1994). "Signs of the times: Kerrisdale, a neighbourhood in transition." The Canadian Geographer 38, 265-70. References External links City of Vancouver - Kerrisdale Vancouver Public Library - Kerrisdale Branch Kerrisdale Community Centre Footage of erection of the Kerrisdale Arena, City of Vancouver Archives The Kerrisdale Bowladrome in 1959 Neighbourhoods in Vancouver Streetcar suburbs