Vancouver social-housing proposal would nix art-deco building

B.C.’s new housing minister, Selina Robinson, recently announced $83 million in funding for four new affordable-housing buildings in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. But she left out the fact that some significant heritage buildings would be torn down in the process, including the elegant Salvation Army Temple at 301 East Hastings St.
The streamlined art-deco structure was hailed “as modern as tomorrow” when it opened on Feb. 18, 1950. It’s so distinctive, it rat