Downtown Eastside

City hopes Downtown Eastside plan will transform neighbourhood, stabilize low-income community

Posted on Mon, Mar 10, 2014 - 12:00am

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The City of Vancouver’s ambitious plan for the Downtown Eastside goes to council Wednesday and there are concerns about whether the plan is the right solution for the troubled neighbourhood.

The 300 page plan maps out development in the area east of the downtown core for the next 30 years, while striving to preserve the neighbourhood’s low-income community.

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Vancouver Psychiatrist Conducts Field Trips to Speak with Patients

Posted on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 - 11:48pm

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Bill MacEwan, Downtown Eastside, schizophrenia, psychiatry

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The psychiatrist sees right away that there is reason to be concerned for the young occupant of a tiny, eastside SRO. Dirty clothes and used needles litter its 100 square feet and the pungent smell of human waste wafts through the doorway.