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The bottle depot block is home

Ivan Drury Jun 4, 2013

On May 16 Vancouver City Council passed a motion to support the United We Can bottle depot to move from its long-time home at the 000 block of East Hastings to an industrial area south of Terminal Avenue. The Vancouver Police Department celebrated the move as breaking up “crime” on a public street…

Speculation Fever

Ivan Drury Apr 22, 2013

Gentrification in the Downtown Eastside is fueled by real estate speculation, investment, development and the…

DTES Historic Plaque Gone Missing

Jean Swanson Apr 22, 2013

A historical plaque that was supposed to have been put on a light pole near the Patricia Hotel at Dunlevy and…

Gentrification and Hipsters

Karen Ward Apr 22, 2013

You’ve seen them: the hipsters, walking down our streets and having expensive fancy coffees at the gentrifying…

Myths and Facts About the Downtown Eastside and Pidgin

Diane Wood & Jean Swanson Apr 22, 2013

Myth: Diners will learn more about the DTES by dining in fancy restaurants that the locals can’t afford. Fact:…

Immigration officers are unwanted visitors in the Downtown Eastside

Byron Cruz Apr 22, 2013

Beware, beware! Pay your ticket when using the Sky Train or the transit officers will ask you for your name and…

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Proposed condos next door to Oppenheimer Park already hurting low-income residents

Ivan Drury Mar 23, 2013

Special article to the Downtown East online edition, March 23, 2013 Daniel Boffo is a young developer born…

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