Carnegie Community Centre adapts menu to what’s affordable at any given time, ... Vancouver’s Carnegie Community Centre is often referred to by locals as the living room of the Downtown Eastside.

If developers had their way 40 years ago, the Carnegie Community Centre could have ended up being a restaurant or a museum for a rock collection, or completely demolished.

The Carnegie Centre in Vancouver, turning 40 this year, has fostered decades of activism. Photo via Shutterstock. “The sandstone lady — she’s like a mother to us all.” ...