Vancouver’s former top city planner for the Downtown Eastside is being remembered for his contributions to inclusive city-building following his death on Sunday.
Nathan Edelson died in Vancouver at age 76 after a short illness.
A city planner for 25 years, Edelson was also the founding director of the community organization Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, and a longtime advocate for co-operative housing, Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents, and heritage protection for Vancouver’s historic Chinatown.
Mourning his friend, B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman — who represents the Vancouver–Fairview riding where Edelson lived — remembered Edelson’s “sense of humour, his gentleness and his vision.”
“So much of what makes Vancouver and Vancouver communities wonderful places to live — most
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