Downtown Eastside, Urban neighborhood in Vancouver, Canada.
Downtown Eastside is a neighborhood east of the city center in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Streets run in a grid connecting residential blocks with shops and services along the main routes.
The area grew in the late 1800s as the first urban core of Vancouver with port facilities, a rail terminus and a business district. Economic activity shifted westward to other parts of the city during the twentieth century.
The neighborhood maintains several community centers and social organizations that provide food literacy programs, cooking classes, and educational activities for local residents.
Several community centers offer food programs, cooking classes and resources for residents. Main streets are walkable and connect the facilities to each other.
The area contains a large number of single room occupancy buildings where people live in compact units with shared facilities. This building form shapes the streetscape and is rarely found so concentrated in North America.
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