Forget the ‘hidden gems’ — Christopher Cheung’s Very Vancouver turns touristy kitsch on its head

Forget the ‘hidden gems’ — Christopher Cheung’s Very Vancouver turns touristy kitsch on its head

It starts with Benny’s Market in Strathcona — a neighbourhood gathering place where different communities, cultures and generations cross paths. For longtime journalist Christopher Cheung, it’s places like this which offer clues to how a neighbourhood takes shape, and where its boundaries really lie. So how do you define a community? Where do you draw the boundaries of a neighbourhood and who gets to decide where they fall? Those questions run t…