sentences:  Pacific Biological Laboratories, a biological supply house, was located at 800 Ocean View Avenue (now 800 Cannery Row) from 1928 to 1948, and operated by Edward F. Ricketts, who was the inspiration for several characters in Steinbeck novels.The laboratory is still preserved.Across from the laboratory still exists a Chinese-American-owned store mentioned in both "Cannery Row" and "Sweet Thursday", as well as a vacant lot that was the "home" of some of the homeless characters in the novel.