檢視溫哥華市中心東端的原始碼


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'''溫哥華市中心東端'''（[[英語]]：Downtown Eastside，簡稱DTES）是[[加拿大]][[卑詩省]][[溫哥華]]市歷史最悠久的社區之一。市中心東端狹義上可指[[布勒内灣]]、[[緬街 (溫哥華)|緬街]]、[[喜士定街]]和克拉克大道所包圍之地帶，亦即市政府劃分市内近鄰社區時所定下的邊界<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vancouver.ca/community_profiles/downtown_eastside/index.htm |title=溫哥華市政府網站 市中心東端社區頁面 |accessdate=2010-04-18 |archive-date=2011-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518182744/http://vancouver.ca/community_profiles/downtown_eastside/index.htm |dead-url=no }}</ref>；廣義上市中心東端則可涵蓋[[溫哥華華埠|華埠]]、[[煤氣鎮]]、[[:en:Oppenheimer Park|奧頻海瑪公園]]（前[[溫哥華日本城|日本城]]所在）、[[士達孔拿]]、桑頓公園和[[勝利廣場 (溫哥華)|勝利廣場]]，以及以北沿岸的輕工業地帶<ref name="city.vancouver.bc.ca">{{cite web |url= http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/dtes/pdf/2006MR.pdf|title= 2005/06 Downtown Eastside Community Monitoring Report|accessdate=2009-03-10 |author= |date= Spring 2007|work= 10th Edition |publisher= City of Vancouver}}</ref>。

此處於溫哥華開埠時曾經是[[溫哥華市中心|市中心]]所在，而喜士定街夾歌杜華街更曾經是溫哥華的主要購物區，<ref>''Milltown to Metroplis'', Alan Morley</ref><ref>''Early Vancouver'', J.S. "Skitt" Matthews</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/ |title=Vancouver History website |accessdate=2020-09-13 |archive-date=2020-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805003345/http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/ |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>''Historical Atlas of Vancouver'', Peter McDonald</ref>但商業活動逐漸往西移，而[[二戰]]後更陸續出現[[都市衰退]]現象。現時該區飽受[[毒品]]交易、[[娼妓]]和治安等問題困擾，<ref name = "Globe and Mail">{{cite web|url= http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090209.wdtes_whatworks0209/BNStory/thefix/|title= Exclusive demographic picture: A comparison of key statistics in the DTES, Vancouver, B.C. and Canada|accessdate= 2009-03-10|author= Patrick Brethour|date= February 13, 2009|work= |publisher= [[環球郵報]]|archive-date= 2009-03-11|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090311164612/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090209.wdtes_whatworks0209/BNStory/thefix/|dead-url= no}}</ref>更有稱「全加拿大最貧困的郵區」<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/article704374.ece Canada's poorest postal code in for an Olympic clean-up?] ''The Globe and Mail''</ref>。該區有[[Insite]]毒品安全注射中心處理藥物過量及毒品問題。該區房舍也隨處可見其他地區少見的鐵窗。1980至2000年代該區也發生了多宗婦女失蹤案，其後[[羅伯特·皮克頓]]被控以當中六項二級謀殺罪名成立<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071209/pickton_verdict_071209/20071209?hub=TopStories |title=Pickton guilty on 6 counts of second-degree murder |accessdate=2010-04-18 |archive-date=2010-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731093910/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071209/pickton_verdict_071209/20071209?hub=TopStories |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=9fefd5df-acf7-4cbf-b254-ead666c00f58 |title=Pickton found guilty on six counts of second-degree murder |accessdate=2010-04-18 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201612/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=9fefd5df-acf7-4cbf-b254-ead666c00f58 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。如何整頓該區成為溫哥華市政府以至省政府和聯邦政府近年來的棘手挑戰。