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AHA MEDIA sees new sign at 58 West Hastings in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) – 100 percent social housing!
From http://www.100percentsocialhousing.com/
We’ve been struggling to secure land in the DTES for low-income housing. To keep a fair balance, we need more development of 100% Social Housing.
Years ago we persuaded a private developer to secure some land that could eventually be used for housing. The city will end up with possession of the land, but we fear city staff may encourage this to be a “mixed” development (condos). We’re trying to work to make sure this site remains 100% Social Housing.
This site would include 166 units of Low-Income Housing, 30 Low-Income Single Family units and 40 Rent-To-Own units, as well as an expanded Potluck Cafe, a medical and dental clinic to serve the community, and community group offices. The Rent-To-Own units would cost $375-$475 per month, and would provide a percentage ownership of their unit.
Please join the thousands who have already shown their support for this project. This is one piece of the puzzle to ending homelessness and improving conditions in the low-income community of the DTES. Thank you!
Below are photos of empty lot at 58 West Hastings
Architectural Renderings
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58 West Hastings – Ground Floor Level
Ground floor level view of proposed social housing development at 58 Hastings St.
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58 West Hastings – Typical Floorplan (levels 2-5)
View of typical floorplan for levels two through five.
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58 West Hastings – Typical Floorplan (levels 6-7)
View of typical floorplan for levels six and seven.
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58 West Hastings – Cross Section
Street view of building showing long and cross sections.
Street Soccer Canada team from Vancouver Downtown Eastside present video of Homeless World Cup 2010 at First United Church
Our local Street Soccer Canada team from Vancouver Downtown Eastside recently presented a video of their memories of their time at Homeless World Cup 2010 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to members of First United Church
SFU Woodwards Community Choir at Interurban Gallery in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
SFU Woodwards Community Choir recently met at Interurban Gallery in Vancouver Downtown Eastside with guidance from Vanessa Richards
Below is a photo of Peter Davies and Barb Goosehead
Below is a photo of Shane Turner, Peter Davies and Barb Goosehead
Rob Milton’s 2 poems for International Women’s Day 2011 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Rob Milton wrote 2 poems to celebrate women of our country for International Women’s Day 2011 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
In the photo and video below, Rob Milton reads his poems to Barb Goosehead and Tiah Seward
WOMEN
Women are our mothers, our aunties, our grandmothers
Ones who bear the pains of birth
Birth of our sisters, sisters who become wives
Then become mothers, mothers to our nieces
Nieces who we will protect,
Protecting our future loving mothers,
Our future loving aunties, our future loving grandmothers
The mothers who we all look up to
The women who we all love
I LOVE A WOMAN
I love a woman who fights for her rights
One who wear jeans, not a skirt and tights
I love a woman who knows what she wants
One who spread happiness, and not one who haunts
I love a woman who is open to new things
One who dances, laughs and sings,
I love a woman who makes me smile
One who argues but just for a while
I love a woman who is down to earth
One who brings joy today, and ever since birth
I love a woman who says “I can do it!”
One who doesn’t when to quit
I love all women, and that is that
Ones who say hi and will stop to chat
In the next photo and videos, Rob reads his poems to a group of women in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Utopia Festival at W2 Storyeum in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Utopia Festival
It’s the first annual women’s digital culture festival, one of only a few in all of North America, and includes an all-day workshop/conference, mobile dance party and evening showcase, in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
This is shaping up to be one of the most important musical events of the year in Vancouver.
During the daytime conference <http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/utopia-conference> , women will get the chance to learn DJ/VJ’ing from some of the top women digital artists in the world and learn about the logistics of producing music, getting press, collaborating and more. The opening address and respondents panel will address barriers to entry for women in digital music <http://www.granvilleonline.ca/arts-and-culture/festivals/utopia-women-djs-vancouver-w2> .
Then at night the whole place blows up, as men and women are invited <http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/showcase-1> for a keynote address by Berlin-based electroclash gender-bender Peaches at 8pm with performances by throat singer/electro artist Tanya Tagaq, local hiphop artists JB The First Lady and Crunch, and cello prodigy/electro composer Chris Derksen (plus live readings by Vancouver writers).
Peaches goes on at 1am.
It’ll be the biggest lineup of female electronic artists ever to hit a Canadian stage, including: Peaches, Isis Salam (Thunderheist), Betti Forde, B-Traits, The Librarian, Lynx, Zenobia, She, Blondtron, Lady Lane, Tank Girl, Miss M, Just Sheila, The Square Root of Evil, JNL, Miss Innocent, and DJ Tapes. Visual Media artists include VJ Electrabelle, Julie Gendron, Sebnem Ozpeta, Claudia Medina, and Krista Lomax. (19+)
In the middle of the day, Utopia will storm the Drive with female-focused music for the Mobile Dance Party <http://www.creativetechnology.org/page/mobile-dance-party> ! This is a free, inclusive event (read: co-ed), meeting at Broadway Station at 12:30pm. W2 has launched crowdsourcing project to collect songs by 100 female artists using the Twitter hashtag #w2utopia100 <http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23w2utopia100>, which will be played from bike/shopping cart-mounted speakers.
Tickets <http://utopiafestival.eventbrite.com/> at Beatstreet, Little Sister’s, Puff, Zulu, People’s Coop Bookstore, The Fall, W2 and online.
Would appreciate any help you can give to spread the word on this. It’s all completely grassroots with no funding or grants, with any net proceeds going to support W2’s 2nd annual Girls Creative Tech Summer Camp this summer.
Here’s the FB link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197864190224498
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