A major waterfront park has never been built. The neighbourhoods nearby, like Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside, are spiralling down, cut off from major investments that sparked the neighbourhood revivals a few blocks west. No one wants to explain why the land remains empty in 2025, nearly 40 years after Expo 86 shut down.

Geoff Meggs is a former journalist and Vancouver city councillor. He was chief of staff to Premier John Horgan and has written several books on B.C. politics. Published March 3, 2025.

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