The Heart Has Its Own Memory
The Heart Has Its Own Memory is a memorial in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Heart Has Its Own Memory is situated nearby to CRAB Park at Portside, as well as near CRAB Park Pier.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include BC Place and Rogers Arena.
BC Place
Stadium
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BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province. BC Place is situated 1¼ km southwest of The Heart Has Its Own Memory.
Rogers Arena
Stadium
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Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications. Rogers Arena is situated 1 km southwest of The Heart Has Its Own Memory.
Wendy Poole Park
Park
Wendy Poole Park is a small triangular plot of parkland near the waterfront in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, British Columbia. The land is at Alexander Street and the Main Street Overpass, and it was named by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation for a young aboriginal woman who was murdered nearby in 1989. Wendy Poole Park is situated 200 metres southeast of The Heart Has Its Own Memory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gastown and Downtown Eastside.
Gastown
Neighborhood
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Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest section of the Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Downtown Eastside
Neighborhood
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The Downtown Eastside is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
Gastown-Chinatown
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Gastown and Chinatown are in the east end of downtown Vancouver between downtown and East Van. The area is one of the oldest parts of the city and much of the early architecture and character remains, giving it a different look and feel to the glass and concrete of the rest of downtown.
The Heart Has Its Own Memory
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “THE HEART HASIn honor of the spirit of the peoplemurdered in the Downtown Eastsidemany were women and many were nativeaboriginal women. Many of these casesremain unsolved. All My RelationsITS OWN MEMORYDedicated July 29, 1997”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.28519° or 49° 17′ 7″ northLongitude
-123.10208° or 123° 6′ 8″ westOpen location code
84XR7VPX+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 6150424925OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include CRAB Park at Portside and CRAB Park Pier.
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