Redeye

Vancouver feels the pressure of large-scale gentrification

| November 7, 2007

Show Notes:

Everywhere you look in Vancouver, there are cranes and scaffolding - signs of a city in the midst of a massive renovation.

The problem is, residents of single family homes and rental apartments are being pushed out as the new crop of condos springs up.

Alicia Barsallo lives in a part of the city now designated as Norquay Village. She says Mayor Sam Sullivan's eco-density vision is all about density and nothing about eco.

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