Fifty years ago this month, Vancouver city council voted against building a freeway through Chinatown, Gastown and Downtown Vancouver. A resident of Vancouver's Chinatown protests a proposed freeway in downtown Vancouver in 1967. Cities like Seattle, Toronto and Montreal had already built downtown freeways, which remain in place today. Urban renewalPlans for a downtown freeway dovetailed with the urban renewal philosophy adopted by cities across Canada. Vancouver city planners present a proposal for a downtown freeway at a council meeting.

Source: CBC News December 03, 2017 16:52 UTC