Commercial Drive Area Still Gritty Despite Gentrification
Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun
Published: Sunday, April 06, 2008VANCOUVER - House prices in Vancouver's Commercial Drive area have tripled in the past decade, drawing yuppies to the now-million-dollar homes, yet some of the grittier problems in the city's vibrant urban village remain.
Homeless people sleep in alcoves. Crack dealers deal openly on street corners. On the periphery of the area, prostitutes still seek customers.
Nonetheless, people who live on "The Drive" say they love the ambience of the neighbourhood and its cafes, shops and diverse and eclectic art, people and music, according to a recent joint survey by the Grandview-Woodland Community Police Station and Simon Fraser University's Canadian Urban Research Studies.
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posted by Unknown @ 10:20 PM
4 Comments:
I have lived here for 17 years and the high crack dealer action is relatively new...
The crack industry on the Drive in the nineties had a strong existence in the alleys and fairly secretive locations.
I know this because as a restaurant owner I caught several addicts in my alley. However, lately it has substantially been curbed on my block thanks to the caring residents disallowing the addicts in our alley.
Check out the document at http://www.sfu.ca/icurs/publications.html
Its an easy read and useful.
Thanks for everyone's input on this!
Good to see the comments!
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