Downtown Eastside and Woodward's site from Harbour Centre in 2007. The term "Downtown Eastside" is most often used to refer to an area 10 [7] to 50 [8] blocks in size, a few blocks east of the city's Downtown central business district.

Apr 10, 2019 · Vancouver is often labelled as one of the best cities in the world, or one with the highest quality of living. But what doesn’t get talked about as much is the city’s dark secret: the Downtown Eastside. It’s a common stereotype that East Hastings street in Vancouver is filled with narcotics and homelessness, but how did it come to be like ...

East Hastings (around Main Street) where most of the services for poor people and drug addicts are located, and many of these people live. It is an often-times sad area, with open prostitution...

East of Woodward's, the street forms the heart of Vancouver's historic original downtown, once known as the Great White Way because of its neon displays, and which is today the Downtown Eastside.

Apr 6, 2023 · City employees dismantle tents and structures along East Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (Ben Nelms/CBC) The irony was...

Jul 15, 2022 · East Hastings is a major road that goes through Burnaby and downtown Vancouver. It's one of the major east-west arteries in Greater Vancouver and is generally a commercial road with some dense residential.

The East Hastings Corridor requires leadership and vision from the City of Vancouver to guide its transformation in a way that both respects the existing streetscape and specific heritage assets while facilitating the redevelopment of low-quality building stock.

East Vancouver (also called East Van or the East Side) is a region within the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Geographically, East Vancouver is bordered to the north by Burrard Inlet, to the south by the Fraser River, and to the east by the city of Burnaby.

Aug 10, 2023 · Vancouver – 1015 East Hastings Street Ho'-kee-melh Kloshe Lum (meaning “to gather, good spirits”) is a new Indigenous-focused housing project that will bring nearly 170 new homes and 80 shelter beds to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside community.

Jan 23, 2017 · Experience Vancouver’s history like never before on the Forbidden Vancouver Tour. Past and present photos of 100 East Hastings Street from 1907 (showing riot damage) and 2017.