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Title: Changes in Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) - Interview with Marion Man:
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man discusses the reasons behind the decline of Chinese stores and businesses.
Extent: 00:00:27
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians, Businesses, Grocery stores, Gentrification
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Changes in the Riley Park Neighbourhood - Interview with Art Bomke
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about some of the changes he's seen during his 40+ years living in the Riley Park neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:01:19
Subject(s): American Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Gentrification, Grocery trade, Safeway Stores, Nesters Markets, Restaurants, Nightlife
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Chinatown
Contributor(s): Caturla, Ting (Journalism Crew), Sakamoto, Hayoto (Journalism Crew), Stephens, Rhonda (Journalism Crew), Wikelund, Cate (Journalism Crew), House, Tina (Journalism Crew), Ramirez, Roberto (VPL Staff), Stewart, Karl (VPL Staff), Gibeaux, Meaghan (VPL Staff)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2019-06-09
Language: English
Description: A look at historical Chinatown's monuments and important locations, as well as a spotlight on the very real threat to the neighbourhood by gentrification.
Extent: 00:04:53
Subject(s): Gentrification, Small business, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden
Location(s): Chinatown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Capturing Vancouver

Title: Downtown Eastside, a Creative Community - Interview with Gilles Cyrenne:
Contributor(s): Cyrenne, Gilles (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-10
Language: English
Description: Gilles describes all the vibrant creative activities found in the Downtown Eastside, the Heart of the City Festival, and his upcoming book of poetry.
Extent: 00:02:21
Subject(s): Poetry, Artists, Artists' studios, Housing, Gentrification, Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Small business, Creative community
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Downtown Eastside (DTES) - Interview with Anthony Hamilton and Jessica Roberts-Farina:
Contributor(s): Hamilton, Anthony (Interviewee), Roberts-Farina, Jessica (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-28
Language: English
Description: Anthony Hamilton and Jessica Roberts-Farina talk about their observations of the community dynamic of the Downtown Eastside (DTES).
Extent: 00:01:56
Subject(s): Gentrification, Downtown Eastside (Vancouver B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Eclectic Cedar Cottage - Interview with Judy Hanazawa:
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy talks about the Cedar Cottage neighbourhood, its diverse housing and multicultural population and the development changes currently affecting the area.
Extent: 00:01:20
Subject(s): Gentrification, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Trees in cities, Multiculturalism
Location(s): Kensington-Cedar Cottage
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Japantown Was a Thriving Community - Interview with Grace Eiko Thomson
Contributor(s): Thomson, Grace Eiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Grace describes what Japantown was like before the Second World War and some of the issues facing this neighbourhood today.
Extent: 00:01:27
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Powell Street Festival, Gentrification, Volunteers
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Kitsilano Changes - Interview with Helen Nicolidakis Soulsbury:
Contributor(s): Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Helen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-01-26
Language: English
Description: Helen speaks about changes in Kitsilano, the places she used to go to as a child, hippies, and the Greek businesses.
Extent: 00:03:16
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Gentrification, Real estate development, Small business
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Lots of Changes with Renfrew - Interview with Donna Chan
Contributor(s): Chan, Donna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Donna talks about the changes in the Renfrew-Collingwood neigbourhood over the years, particularly in the area around the Collingwood Neighbourhood House on Joyce Street.
Extent: 00:00:38
Subject(s): Gentrification, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Communities
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Moving the Miller Goodwood Woodworking Shop - Interview with Gilles Cyrenne:
Contributor(s): Cyrenne, Gilles (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-09
Language: English
Description: Gilles discusses the moving of the woodworking co-op and other creative studios in the Downtown Eastside.
Extent: 00:02:18
Subject(s): Miller Goodwood Woodworking Co-op, Woodworkers, Gentrification
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: South Granville Memories - Interview with Elizabeth Gautschi:
Contributor(s): Gautschi, Elizabeth (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-28
Language: English
Description: Elizabeth recalls her early memories growing up in South Granville and reflects on the changes that have happened to the neighbhourhood over the years.
Extent: 00:06:25
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Stanley Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.), Gentrification, Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: This is the Best Place to Be - Interview with Doktor Strange:
Contributor(s): Doktor Strange (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Doktor Strange (Stephen Kaplan) talks about his experiences in the Oakridge and Marpole neighbourhoods and some of the changes he's seen over the past four decades.
Extent: 00:02:17
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Gentrification
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Vancouver in the 1960s - Interview with Linda Lou Darbey:
Contributor(s): Darbey, Linda Lou (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-19
Language: English
Description: Linda Lou gives an overview of the changes to the Downtown area of Vancouver from the 1960s to now.
Extent: 00:01:34
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Gentrification, Scott's Cafe (Restaurant), Hotel Vancouver (Vancouver, B.C.), Underground shopping malls
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: We Were Street Smart - Interview with Bob Adamson
Contributor(s): Adamson, Bob (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Bob recalls his experiences growing up in the West End and seeing a number of significant changes over the years as the area developed from single family housing to rooming houses and high-rise apartments.
Extent: 00:04:39
Subject(s): Housing, Housing, Living conditions, Gentrification, Trees
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: West End Stories