^If you are saying - "yes, I think swaths of chinatown should be demolished for a freeway right of way" we'll agree to disagree.
If I have to explain the
historical importance of
chinatown and strathcona to you i don't think i'll be successful. Perhaps nova9's dad might do a better job.
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It began in 1959 with the announcement that great swaths of Strathcona houses (described as a “blight” on the cityscape) would be demolished to make way for new apartment buildings and a freeway connector. The residents of those houses—the majority of them Chinese—would be able to move to a new development near Boundary Road and the Lougheed Highway. One block of the neighborhood was razed in 1959, eight more by 1965
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(where is this? i think it is the future ray-cam site?)
http://blog.evelazarus.com/homehisto...banrenewal.jpg