Woodwards Building Condos Up for Sale

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 September 2009 ready to sell on Vancouver’s housing market.  I was inspired by this image as it is truly speaks about Gentrification in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.  I came across this image while browsing for photos on Flickr for my last post.  The image was copywrited but I asked to use it and its owner, Eyeye,  kindly gave me permission.   Eyeye says on his Flickr page that it’s actually a quote of the song “Common People” by the band Pulp.  This picture was taken in June 2006 prior to the Woodwards building being turned into Condos and Commercial space.  Unfortunately, my other post had already gone live but I was so struck by this image I wanted to mention it.

If you are interested more in what the Woodward’s condos look like now there is a great article by Sebastian Albrecht, in the Vancouver Observer with neat pictures of what the suites look like now.