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Queen E looks the same!

A similar video about urban renewal in Victoria, produced in 1966, was released last year. The two videos make for an interesting comparison. You can see both and read my analysis at my blog, Vincent's Victoria. The post is called "Urban Renewal at the Movies: Vancouver vs. Victoria." (RUclips won't let me post a link.)

sad to see so much history wiped out

Yep. The neighbourhoods of Strathcona ,and Hogan's Alley, were bulldozed to make way for ugly, modular buildings and structures with no character. It never suprises me how visionless city developers are.

propaganda

Yes, a fun and noisy bunch of people; if only they'd leave their racoon and crows at home.

I love how the 'specially trained personnel' who were making their external survey couldn't even be arsed to get out of their cars and actually just walk around. Thanks, midcentury planners, for pretending you knew best.

I actually wish more low rental apartment buildings could have been built. Without them Strathcona would be even less affordable than it is already becoming. The wave of character home 'restorations' restore only the old houses themselves, nothing more. They are decimating the original populations of immigrants, low income folks, artists and musicians. The 1960's approach may have been top-down, but at least they were trying to provide some safe low rental housing for the existing population.

The urban planners are like extra terrestrials, posing as humans. Los Angeles wiped out the distinctive turn of the century Bunker Hill neighborhood to build giant new municipal buildings, highrises, and freeways. Few questioned it at the time. Same thing happened to the charming Chavez Ravine community....bulldozed for Dodger Stadium. Of course, it's always easier to bulldoze people when they're poor and nonwhite.

But it's not designed for people. Anyone else notice that? It keeps getting harder and harder for people to move and breath. Rebuild the whole thing for people this time.

@Vauxhall94 They never tore down the buildings....

Classic... baby, just classic.

Does anyone notice what community was wiped from the face of the earth?

Good for the community, eh? Slumlords sell to big-project development and construction companies and the financiers. They make their fortunes off the projects but they don't live in them. The little guy gets shoved around as usual. The city loses old neighbourhoods for concrete jungles and urban freeways. The fortunes get made and the slick new projects look like slums 15-20 years later anyways. This is no solution, just an endless cycle.

At least back then, tax money from Canadians was coming back to Canadians. Today, it's all going to the government cronies and corporate fatcats investing in the 2010 olympics - Vancouver's claim to shame.

Excellent...great music, great idea....bet you are all fun at a party - warm nice group. Very good guitaring. She reminds me of emmy-lou. Thanks for sharing - enjoyed it.

Holy cow.

all ive got to say, hogans alley

Great video!

Sucks! Try the Blackbird version from the "Trini Lopez At PJ's" album (circa 1964).

Holy crap, this old footage is amazing. Thanks!

thanks for posting!awesome.

Awesome video!those old houses are gold now!! I miss vancouver before expo and the boom.

awesomeee