Concerns over Vancouver’s proposal to demolish heritage building for DTES street market
Global News
The City of Vancouver leases the current street market space at 26 East Hastings but the lease is set to expire at the end of August.
There are renewed concerns about a proposal to demolish a more than century-old Vancouver heritage building and use the empty lot to temporarily relocate the Downtown Eastside Market, where police allege some stolen goods are being sold.
The City of Vancouver leases the current street market space at 26 East Hastings but the lease is set to expire at the end of August, and the landlord, BC Housing, needs the site to complete repairs on adjacent buildings.
If approved, the city’s plan for a new temporary site for the market would require the demolition of a privately-owned 122-year-old building across the street.
With its unique architecture, 123 East Hastings is considered by many to be an important piece of Vancouver’s history.
“There is nothing else like this in Vancouver,” heritage consultant Donald Luxton told Global News in an interview.
Luxton wants the city to reconsider its proposal to tear down the two-storey heritage building to create a temporary home for the Downtown Eastside Market.
“It is truly the only real example of Art Nouveau architecture in Vancouver, possibly western Canada,” said Luxton.
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