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A symbol of hope on the Downtown Eastside shines again

. "VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Tonight the sky above the Downtown Eastside will be lit with a familiar symbol for the first time in over a decade with the relighting of the famous neon "W" atop the Woodwards building." ...

created by mtippett | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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honeymae

Victory for W2 Café

City Council today approved the W2 Social Enterprise Café on the ground level of the Woodwards redevelopment. This is a historic victory for W2 Community Media Arts Society who has been in a four year RFP...

created by honeymae | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Colin Hansen "Rewarding" History of Sexual Harassment at SFU

Colin Hansen is rewarding sexual harassment. That’s how a former Simon Fraser University student views a visit by BC’s Minister of Economic Development two weeks ago to the Downtown Eastside, to...

created by jr | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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lightweight

Gastown Sells Out

The Vancouver East Side has sold its heritage in order to clean up the homeless people who convene around the Gastown area. The new development only makes use of a small piece of the...

created by lightweight | 5 years ago
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Historic Woodwards Building Collapses in Massive, Controlled Explosion -- Copyright Urban Jungle Films 2006

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Historic Woodwards Building Collapses in Massive, Controlled Explosion

Click on the link above to see the remarkable footage.At 8:31 am the historic Woodwards Building came down in a massive explosion. Buildings all over Vancouver's downtown core shook and car alarms started...