Today I walked through Chinatown on my way to work. The colours were excellent and I didn't even mind seeing all the construction. Chinatown is being reborn.
Yesterday on the Morning Edition, I listened to the story on the old Pantages Theatre they're trying to restore on Hastings. It sounds like very little has happened since the tour in January, but if/when it works out it will be an amazing project.
A couple of years ago at a Heritage Vancouver meeting the city planner at the time said the city is trying to move 5,000 to 10,000 people into Chinatown over the next 10 years. I thought it was impossible. Now I see all the conversions and new buildings going up, and know it's probably going to happen. For better or worse.
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