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The neighbourhood is also the location of the Vancouver General Hospital and contains many health-related institutions. Grandview-Woodland - A mature neighbourhood in east Vancouver that is a diverse mixture of commercial, industrial, single-family and multi-family residential dwellings with a rich ethnic history and features.
The Downtown Eastside (DTES) 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 disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
Waterfront station is a major intermodal public transportation hub in Downtown Vancouver. Most north-south Vancouver bus routes serve Downtown Vancouver, in addition to suburban routes from the North Shore and Burnaby. The bus rapid transit line 98 B-Line had eight stops in the downtown core, primarily along Seymour Street and Burrard Street ...
Commercial Drive is a roadway in the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, that extends from Powell Street at its northern extremity, near the waterfront, south through the heart of the Grandview–Woodland neighbourhood to the Victoria Diversion near Trout Lake. The neighbourhood is so dominated by the businesses, cultural facilities ...
Kitsilano (/ k ɪ t s ə ˈ l æ n oʊ / kit-sə-LAN-oh) is a neighbourhood located in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Kitsilano is named after Squamish chief August Jack Khatsahlano, and the neighbourhood is located in Vancouver's West Side along the south shore of English Bay, between the neighbourhoods of West Point Grey and Fairview.
Mount Pleasant is a neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, stretching from Cambie Street to Clark Drive and from Great Northern Way and 2nd, to 16th and Kingsway. The neighbourhood, once characterized as working-class, has undergone a process of gentrification since the early 1990s, including the area around the Main ...
near the Fraser River, where it merges with another section of South-West Marine Drive; Finally, Granville Street ends near the Fraser River at the approximate location of 72nd Ave., then merges with Southwest Marine Drive and continues southeasterly towards the Arthur Laing Bridge that leads to Richmond and the Vancouver International Airport.
Little Italy is an area in the eastern part of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1] It is in the Grandview–Woodland neighbourhood, and is often synonymous with the Commercial Drive area. Historically this area was an enclave of ethnic Italians and Italian businesses. Today, after a period of steady decline, it is again a multi-cultural ...