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Gentrification & Displacement

The bottle depot block is home

On May 16 Vancouver City Council passed a motion to support the United We Can bottle depot to move from its long-time home at the 000 block of East Hastings to an industrial area south of Terminal Avenue. The Vancouver Police Department celebrated the move as breaking up “crime” on a public street…
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Speculation Fever

Gentrification in the Downtown Eastside is fueled by real estate speculation, investment, development and the…