Downtown Eastside, Vancouver

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:neighborhood
gptkbp:artworkBy public murals
community art projects
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Downtown_Vancouver
bay
Gastown
Strathcona
gptkbp:demographics seniors
people with disabilities
low-income residents
Indigenous population
gptkbp:hasCrisis opioid epidemic
HIV/AIDS epidemic
gptkbp:hasEvent March for Women’s Memorial
annual Heart of the City Festival
gptkbp:hasLandmark gptkb:Pigeon_Park
gptkb:Oppenheimer_Park
Carnegie Community Centre
Insite
gptkbp:hasLibrary gptkb:Carnegie_Library
gptkbp:hasPopulation approximately 18,000 (as of 2016)
gptkbp:hasServiceTo gptkb:Downtown_Community_Health_Centre
PHS Community Services Society
gptkbp:hasShelter First United Church shelter
Lookout Emergency Aid Society
gptkbp:hasStreet gptkb:Powell_Street
gptkb:Cordova_Street
gptkb:East_Hastings_Street
Main Street
gptkbp:hasSupervisedInjectionSite Insite
gptkbp:historicalPeriod historically working-class area
one of Vancouver's oldest neighborhoods
site of early Vancouver development
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Downtown Eastside, Vancouver
gptkbp:knownFor homelessness
community activism
drug use
harm reduction programs
high rates of poverty
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Vancouver
gptkbp:mediaCoverage frequent
gptkbp:organization Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
Carnegie Community Action Project
Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
Portland Hotel Society
gptkbp:postalCode gptkb:V6A
gptkbp:socialIssues mental health challenges
affordable housing shortage
overdose crisis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Artspeak,_Vancouver
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8