The document outlines a local area plan for the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, with a focus on the Oppenheimer District sub-area. It analyzes issues in the area related to housing, transportation, arts/culture, parks/open spaces, and utilities/services. The plan proposes strategies to address these issues by prioritizing affordable housing, improving walking and cycling infrastructure, preserving cultural spaces, upgrading parks, and improving water and sewer systems in the district.

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LOCAL AREA PLAN
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Downtown Eastside - Vancouver
Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan. (2014). Retrieved
from http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/downtown-
eastside-plan.pdf
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.Applicable Learning -
• Providing livable and affordable housing for LIG & MIG sector. Improvement in existing pedestrians and
street infrastructure facilities. Providing basic water supply system at household level. Improvement in vibrant
public spaces created throughout the city by reallocating parking spaces into parklets for people to sit, relax,
and enjoy the city. Arranging Public Art Program for engaging residents in Communal Activity & Providing
incentives for heritage conservation.
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Objectives -
• 1. Provide affordable housing and improve the living conditions of low-income residents; housing choice
inside and outside the community for homeless ones.
• 2. Prioritize walking, cycling, transit; improve livability and community accessibility.
• 3. Invest in arts and culture facilities, co-locate cultural and community space to improve service delivery
by neighborhood artists.
• 4. Enhance the local employment opportunities by developing mixed local economy which focuses on
retaining existing businesses, attracting new businesses which fit into the neighborhood.
• 5. Create an enhanced sense of inclusion and safety for all which focuses on greater safety for women,
children and seniors.
• 6. Implementation of an innovative Social Impact Management Framework.
Map No. 1. Map showing Oppenheimer District and DTES Sub-Areas
1. Housing condition
2. Homelessness
3. Affordability
4. Condition of SROs
5. Ownership status
1. Walking
Infrastructure
2. Cycling Facilities
3. Transit Facilities
& Service
4. Goods Movement
& Loading Facilities
1. Public Places
2. Creative
Economical
Opportunities
3. Arts & Culture
Facilities
1. Parks & Green
Space
2. Street Trees
3. Plazas & Parklets
1. Drinking water
2. Water
Conservation &
Protection
3. Environmental
Protection
4. Emergency
Preparedness
5. Sewer System
Housing
Arts
and
Culture
Parks,
Open Space &
Greening
Utilities
and
Services
Transportation
.What is a Local Area Plan (LAP) ?
• A policy document that provides long term guidance and direction for land use and service
planning including social amenities, health, livelihoods, community wellbeing, land use, urban design,
housing, transportation, parks and public spaces, cultural infrastructure, heritage features and
community facilities.
.City Profile -
• Downtown Eastside (DTES) is the oldest neighborhoods, with mixed income residents, the urban
home of many aboriginal communities and the historic heart of the city of Vancouver.
The DTES local planning area comprises of seven sub-areas: Chinatown, Gastown, Industrial Area,
Oppenheimer District, Strathcona, Thornton Park and Victory Square; Over the next thirty years, the LAP
will be used as the policy and coordination document, which was prepared by the City and the Local Area
Planning Process (LAPP) Committee.
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Aim -
• The LAP aims to ensure that the future of the DTES improves the lives of all those who currently live
in the area, including low-income and middle-income residents, the homeless, seniors, women, children
and families.
.Sub-Area Selection-
• Total population of DTES is 18,477. The selected sub-area is Oppenheimer District accommodates
6108 (33%) people out of total DTES population, a central neighborhood and is the heart of the low-
income community. Over the last 10 years, the population grew by 10%.
P A R A M E T E R S
STUDY
TOOLS
Sec. Data
(DTES LAP,
2013)
Social Impact
Assessment
Public
Consultation
Oppenheimer
District
Sr. No. Parameters Issues Proposals
1. Housing • Low-income residents in OHD.
• Revitalize the area without
displacing local residents.
• Prioritize the area for affordable rental
housing for LIG & MIG.
• Provision of 60 % social and 40 % secured
rental housing units.
2. Transportation • High traffic volumes along Powell
and E Hasting streets which
posses barriers for walking and
cycling.
• Comprehensive parking strategy for the area
parking.
• Improve walking and cycling connections to
commercial areas.
• Review existing truck routes to improve
pedestrian safety.
3. Arts & Culture • Re-development of existing
buildings.
• Preserve and secure key cultural spaces.
Ex.- Russian Hall an Art Gallery, etc.
4. Parks, Open
Space &
Greening
• Park infrastructure is aging and in
need of improvement.
• Access to a park, greenway, or natural space is
within a five-minute walk from almost
everywhere.
• Upgradation of Oppenheimer Park.
5. Utilities &
Services
• Deteriorating water system in
OHD.
• Old sewer system.
• Improve public realm safety and quality of
water.
• 39 Km of new sewer system provided.