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What have I been up to?
It has been quite some time since I have done a blog post!
I have been so busy and when I feel stressed out the last thing I feel like doing is writing. The past few months for me have been a transition period; on the job front, I have made a major decision to [...]
Woodwards Building Condos Up for Sale
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An Unknown Author expressing local resistance by writing on a Woodward’s Sign prior to it’s Deconstruction in 2006 – Photo by Eyeye
On the heels of my last post, Gentrification of Vancouver’s DTES and the impact on our local Hospitals, I wanted to quickly mention the recent completion of Woodward’s first of two towers this [...]
Continue Reading Woodwards Building Condos Up for SaleBlogservations – The Impact of Gentrification in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side on our Local Hospitals
In my many observations of Vancouver, one controversial and relevant to me, is the Gentrification of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side (DTES). Wikipedia defines Gentrification as, ‘the socio-economic, commercial, and demographic change in an urban area resulting from wealthier people buying housing property in a poor community.’ Gentrification of our city’s DTES has lead to higher [...]
Continue Reading Blogservations – The Impact of Gentrification in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side on our Local Hospitals09/09/09 – September 9th, 2009
Today being the 9th day of the 9th month in 2009 can be very special and lucky for some people or just a calender anomaly and others might even view the date a superstitious ominous warning. Today, is the last set of repeating single digit dates we will see for almost a century, until January [...]
Continue Reading 09/09/09 – September 9th, 2009
