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    May 26, 2021
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    COMMONS
    REAL ESTATE #3 – Terminal City
    Vancouver is obsessed with real estate. But what most people don’t realize, is that it’s been this way from the beginning.
    Arshy Mann
    Host & Producer, COMMONS
    Jordan Cornish
    Producer, COMMONS
    Kevin Sexton
    Producer
    Damilola Onime
    Producer, Wag the Doug

    Support us at commonspodcast.com

    Vancouver is obsessed with real estate. But what most people don’t realize, is that it’s been this way from the beginning. 

    Three stories of the swindlers, segregationists and profiteers that made Terminal City what it is.

     

    Featured in this episode: Jesse Donaldson, Jordan Stanger-Ross, Michael Abe, Stephen Learey

     

    To learn more:

    Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate by Jesse Donaldson

    Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross

    “Expo 86 evictions: remembering the fair’s dark side” by Rafferty Baker in CBC News

     

    Additional music from Audio Network

    This episode is sponsored by Dispatch Coffee and Value(s) by Mark Carney

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