Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside changes with development

VANCOUVER — Fraser Stuart looks at a chic, new tattoo shop metres away from the heart of Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside and shakes his head.
A man saunters by mumbling “Drugs?” and flashes plastic bags in the palm of each hand.
Inside, a young man in tight jeans and a toque chats with a tattoo artist, a bear’s head hangs from the wall.
“Ridiculous,” says Stuart, a longtime resident and activist in the neighbourhood.
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