Downtown Eastside
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The Downtown Eastside is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportio
The Downtown Eastside and Woodward's site at dusk, from Harbour Centre in summer 2018
Downtown Eastside and Woodward's site from Harbour Centre in 2007
The corner of Hastings and Main, c. 1912
Lotus Light Lei Zang Si Temple, a Chinese Buddhist temple in the heart of East Hastings, is part of the diversity of the neighbourhood.
Skid row
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A skid row, also called skid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". This specifically refers to peop
Downtown Eastside
…to their hometowns, except workers who had been injured or those who were sick or elderly. These men remained in the DTES area – at the time known as Skid Road – which became a non-judgemental, affordable place to live as the main downtown area of Vancouver began to shift westward. Among them, drinking was a…
A mural of Skid Row, Los Angeles
Tents of homeless people on the sidewalk in Skid Row, Los Angeles
Mill Street, now Yesler Way, was the original "Skid Road" in Seattle, Washington.
People playing chess by Market and Turk Streets.