Sarah Vidal Community October 16, 2017

Downtown Eastside: a district of contrast

The Downtown Eastside and Chinatown, Vancouver’s “inner city,” has been deeply transformed by gentrification in recent decades.

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Temporary shelters on Hastings Street, one of the most important east-west traffic corridor in Vancouver, two minutes away from the top shops and restaurants in downtown.

Going up Hastings Street, a marketplace for disadvantaged people.

Signs of gentrification two blocks away from Hastings.

Signs of gentrification two blocks away from Hastings.

Main Street. Faulkner and Co, a shop provides “British mod style and North America Vintage”, two minutes away from Carnegie community centre

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