Feb 24, 2012 · In the poorest urban neighbourhood in Canada, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), gentrification has been on the move for decades. Plotting these new developments on a map of the DTES and walking along the now unfamiliar streets reveals gentrification for what it is: a form of structural violence.

Jul 1, 2012 · The western area of the Downtown Eastside was among the first parts to experience gentrification: the historic Woodward’s site now houses over 500 condominiums, and the SFU campus at Woodward’s was controversially funded by mining giant Goldcorp.

Dec 21, 2024 · The central question the panel explored was: is this a motion for “uplifting” the DTES, or a motion for gentrification by another name? The DEOD — a small six-by-four block corner of the DTES which centres Oppenheimer Park — is unique as it is zoned differently from other parts of the city.

Dec 26, 2012 · Neighbourhood activists decry the recent push to build condos and attract new businesses to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as harmful gentrification, but Vancouver's city council and the...

The notorious Downtown Eastside has begun to see developers and the provincial government gentrify the area. Well-intentioned projects to bring about community stability, cultural diversity, and economic viability in the Downtown Eastside are creating a unique new

Most notably, the Downtown Eastside has opposed gentrification at every turn. David Ley has examined why gentrification seems to have completely neglected this section of the city, which begins just blocks from Vancouver's ultra-high value financial district.

Apr 17, 2023 · Gentrification has seriously eroded the Downtown Eastside I grew up in. While community change should be expected and renewal seen as a positive thing, it is harmful when it excludes or...

Feb 22, 2017 · A group representing low-income residents in the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown has slammed growing gentrification in the area, noting people already on the fringes are being further...

Sep 1, 2013 · Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) has long been known as the poorest off-reserve urban neighbourhood in the country. That may still be the case, but the invading forces of gentrification are relentlessly occupying it, with ominous consequences for the predominantly low-income residents.

Apr 10, 2019 · Expo 86 was one of the most monumental events to happen in Vancouver, which was when the gentrification of Downtown Eastside began. An influx of tourists meant eviction of locals living in the Downtown Eastside residential hotels, to make room for possible business.