Tag: gentrification

Young generation fuels Chinatown’s future

When she was young, Claudia Li’s grandmother would bring her to Chinatown on her trips to buy groceries. She was amazed by the number of people her grandmother knew…

By Christopher Cheung , in City Feature story , on April 1, 2015

Development pushes out United We Can

The hub of a recycling-based micro-economy in the Downtown Eastside is about to lose the home it’s had on East…

By Jimmy Thomson , in Business City , on November 21, 2012

East Vancouver denizens see “positive impact” to housing experiments

The potential overhaul of Vancouver’s housing rules has met with guarded optimism in one east Vancouver neighbourhood. The dust is settling…

By akazemi , in , on October 23, 2012

Gentrifying Canada's poorest postal code

During the short walk from Cambie Street to Carrall Street along West Hastings there are 24 plots, new developments and…

By Ryan Fletcher , in City , on November 13, 2008