Talk:Downtown Eastside

Removed Significant Locations section
Hi again,

I've briefly summarized the following section in the Geography, and removed the section as I think it's excessive detail and overly directory-like:


 * [[Image:Woodwards building Vancouver demolition 2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The final roll over demolition of the Woodward's building on 30 September 2006, taken from across ::Cordova street facing south. Only the original 1903–08 portion of the building remains standing behind the cloud of dust and debris.]]

The demolished Woodward's Building, (only the original 1903–08 portion of the building remains) was at one time a central retail and social epicentre of the neighbourhood, and had sat empty for many years. The City Hall driven process was led by then City Councilor Jim Green and was designed by local architect Gregory Henriquez. Almost the entire block is now being redeveloped by Westbank Projects to contain the Simon Fraser University School for Contemporary Arts, 200 units of social housing, 536 units of market housing, a drugstore, a foodstore, a daycare, National Film Board, Federal offices, City offices, a bank and 31500 sqft of Community Space for DTES Non-Profit organizations which includes AIDS Vancouver and W2 Media Collective.


 * [[Image:W43 Tower Vancouver.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Woodward's W43 tower in 2009]]


 * Vancouver's historic Chinatown (Pender and Keefer Streets run through its center) and Gastown Historical District (Water Street) are popular tourist areas in the Downtown Eastside. Gastown is home to many high-end restaurants, lofts and boutiques. Some see this creeping eastward gentrification as a promising development while others are concerned that this will only force many of the poorest from the only housing they can afford. Vancouverites do not traditionally see Gastown and Chinatown as Downtown Eastside locations although they do fall within its borders according to the City of Vancouver.


 * A number of art galleries, artist-run centres and studios have located themselves in the area. The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is also situated within the boundaries of the Downtown Eastside. The flatiron Europe Hotel sits at the crux of Water, Powell, Alexander and Carrall Streets.


 * The Strathcona neighbourhood lies within the DTES and is a historic working-class neighbourhood that has avoided many social problems, despite the decline of areas nearby. Some people believe that this sense of community was threatened by the growing number of wealthy land speculators buying up the neighbourhood in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics.


 * In 2001 17 mosaics were laid, employing local artists and residents. Tours of these mosaics and the Downtown Eastside are conducted by various groups. The Vancouver Walkers Meetup group has posted some photos of the mosaics.


 * The area hosts several public parks, including Oppenheimer Park, Portside (CRAB Park), and Wendy Poole Park. Portside Park, or CRAB Park as it was named during the campaign to Create a Real Accessible Beach, provides a haven for dogs, fowl, and human elements. It is attached to a small beach of sand and pebble that has views over Burrard Inlet. A local group, the Central Waterfront Coalition is trying to build support to retain it for Vancouverites, as it is being considered for development.

DTES borders
Finding a reliably-sourced definition of the DTES borders has been very hard! I just added a new definition from the Georgia Strait. I removed the following passage which is from a less-reliable, undated source and says almost the same thing:
 * " Scout Magazine suggests that they could be roughly considered Carrall Street at the west, Jackson Street at the east, Pender Street at the south, and Cordova Street at the north. "

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 January 2021 and 16 April 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sidney Gordon.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 19:48, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

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