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Thanks for contributing to The Canadian Encyclopedia. Article by Wayde Compton. Previous Next. All the great musicians, when they came to town, they ended up in Hogan's Alley,'' Mugabo said. Over the years, the neighbourhood met challenges. The city's efforts to rezone Strathcona made it difficult for residents to obtain mortgages or loans for home improvements.

Newspaper articles portrayed Hogan's Alley as a centre of squalor, immorality and crime, the Vancouver Heritage Society says. Clark said he remembers a lack of garbage pickup by the city compared with other neighbourhoods and debris piling up on lots. When he moved in, plans for the freeway had been announced and an exodus of residents was underway. The city began bulldozing houses in and the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts opened in , although plans for a larger freeway never came to fruition.

Mugabo moved to Vancouver in the s from Rwanda and said he could relate to the story of Hogan's Alley and was drawn to efforts to revitalize it.

Also, as a Black man, I know how violent racism has been and the impact of racism on our community,'' he said. CVA Port P Fountain Chapel picnic, Photo credit Gibson family; retrieved at Blackstrathcona. Fielding William Spotts Jr. City of Vancouver Archives, Port N3. In , Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp recognizing Hogan's Alley. Nora and Ross Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix's paternal grandparents, circa pre