Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Frances Bula
Publication Date: April 4, 2025 - 19:02
Vancouver’s downtown is thriving, but local visits are still down
April 4, 2025
Come up from the subway at Vancouver’s premier downtown corner, Georgia and Granville, and the picture couldn’t look more lively.“Ukelele Edwin” is strumming his instrument and singing O Canada next to two food carts and a flower stand nearby. People are streaming past, some towing roller suitcases to hotels, some heading for the Hudson’s Bay store where everything inside is being liquidated. Others are rushing to catch a bus or train back to the suburbs.
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April 21, 2025 - 21:04 | Robyn Doolittle, Colin Freeze | The Globe and Mail
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