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Vancouver Whitecaps Nizar Khalfan (L) battles for the ball against New England Revolution Kevin Alston during the 1st half of their MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Vancouver Whitecaps Eric Hassli takes off his shirt after scoring against the New England Revolution during the 2nd half of their MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia April 6, 2011. Hassli was given a red card and was ejected from the game for the act. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Vancouver Whitecaps goalie Jay Nolly makes a diving save against the New England Revolution during the 2nd half of their MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
New England Revolution Shalrie Joseph (blue) is tackled by Vancouver Whitecaps Atiba Harris during the 1st half of their MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Canadian NDP leader Jack Layton walks out of the Newton Surrey Youth Resource Centre after speaking to supporters in Surrey, British Columbia April 7, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Vancouver Canucks Keith Ballard (4) checks Minnesota WIld Carson McMillan into the ice during the third period of their NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia April 7, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Minnesota Wild Greg Zanon (R) knocks Vancouver Canucks Maxim Lapierre off his skates during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia April 7, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Minnesota Wild Greg Zanon is checked by Vancouver Canucks Tanner Glass during the first period of their NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia April 7, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
National Post 04.08.2011
“‘Rock, rock, best rock on the block,” chirped a skeletal crack cocaine dealer, offering his poison to all passersby. It’s another Thursday morning on East Hastings Street, a wide commercial strip that runs the length of Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. It’s easy to forget that East Hastings was once a respectable retailers’ row, filled with department stores, clothiers and food merchants.
Free enterprise of another sort dominates now. Drugs, stolen goods, black market cigs and detritus fished from dumpsters are traded openly, the dope consumed on the spot. The illegal market activity is concentrated around a busy container recycling shop, United We Can. A worthy venture, it’s also a magnet for hustlers; they approach recyclers who are waiting their turn to enter the shop. They hit them up again when they exit, when they have some hard-earned cash in their jeans.”
- Brian Hutchinson, National Post.
A redevelopment proposal for one of the worst blocks in Vancouver’s downtown east side is currently being reviewed. It would turn the building that rests on top of the furiously busy bottle depot on East Hastings into market priced and low income housing, but would keep the bottle depot underneath. Here are some pictures I took for the National Post to accompany a story written by friend Brian Hutchinson.
Read the full article in todays National Post or HERE.
Photo by Ben Nelms for the National Post.
Tsawwassen, British Columbia, 2011. (photo by Ben Nelms)
Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo (1) makes a save during the second period of the NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Canadian Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff speaks to supporters at a Liberal rally at the Delta Hotel in Richmond, British Columbia March 29, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
VANCOUVER, B.C .: APRIL 1, 2011 — Dr. Hedy Fry, Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre, waves to cars in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia on April 1, 2011. (BEN NELMS for National Post)
Genevieve Zakordonski. Edmonton, Alta. (Photo by Ben Nelms)
Jose Guinea. Surrey, B.C. (BEN NELMS for the National Post)
Lawyer Warren Mitchell, Vancouver, B.C. (BEN NELMS for the Financial Post)
MLS - Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Toronto FC
Vancouver Whitecaps Eric Hassli fights for the ball against Toronto FC Ty Harden during the second half of their season opening game against Toronto FC in Vancouver, British Columbia March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Vancouver Whitecaps Jay DeMerit jumps for the ball against Toronto FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei during the second half of their season opening game against Toronto FC in Vancouver, British Columbia March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Vancouver Whitecaps Atiba Harris is hauled down by Toronto FC Ty Harden during the second half of their season opening game against Toronto Fc in Vancouver, British Columbia March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Vancouver Whitecaps Atiba Harris is surrounded by Russell Teibert (L-R), captain Jay DeMerit, Terry Dunfield and Eric Hassli after scoring during the second half of their season opening game against Toronto FC in Vancouver, British Columbia March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Vancouver Whitecaps Alain Rochat (L) and Nazir Khalfan celebrate their team’s win against the Toronto FC during their season opening game in Vancouver, British Columbia March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Nelms (CANADA)
Daniel Zimmerman for the win! (Photo by Ben Nelms)
Financial Post - March 16, 2011
Vancouver, B.C .: March 14, 2011 — Ron Davis is a professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law, who wrote a pension study for the IRPP. Mr. Davis is pictured on the University of British Columbia campus on March 14, 2011 . (BEN NELMS for National Post)
