Remaining portion of historic Black community in Vancouver to become cultural centre, in attempt to redress 1971 razing for development
Half a century ago, the neighbourhood known as Hogan’s Alley provided a home for Vancouver’s Black community. Now that same pocket of downtown Vancouver will hold a cultural centre and apartments that serve the same purpose.
However, a planned mixed-use building project “will deliver affordable and market rental housing, a cultural centre and small-business units,” said Djaka Blais, the society’s executive director. Beginning around 1900, part of Strathcona became the nucleus of the city’s Black community, and acquired the nickname Hogan’s Alley. Numbering as many as 800, the Black residents included immigrants from the western United States and railway porters who worked for the Great Northern Railway . An African Methodist Episcopal Church operated there for 30 years. Black-owned restaurants, including Vie’s Chicken and Steak, provided space for Black Vancouverites and visitors.
At the same time, the city did not maintain the roads and sidewalks, and police allowed the area to become a red-light district. This, Dr. Francis said, helped bring about the end of the neighbourhood. This came in the 1960s when the city planned three freeways spanning downtown.
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