For many years, Vancouver’s Main Street was an invisible divider in the city’s real estate market: To the west were the opulent homes of neighbourhoods like Shaughnessy and Point Grey; to the east were the more affordable abodes of the working-class families such as the boxy Vancouver Specials.
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