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 ...

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...

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.

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.

Aug 18, 2022 · Vancouver’s East Hastings Street tent city is not a new crisis. The situation has been developing at least since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when homelessness increased because of...

Aug 16, 2022 · Tents remain on East Hastings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside a week after city staff began the process of removing them, citing a fire department order that the structures constitute an...