Aaron Webster Housing Cooperative
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Aaron Webster Housing Cooperative (formerly Cityview Co-op) is a housing cooperative
located in Vancouver
, British Columbia
, Canada
.
The co-op, located on Pender Street, was completed in 1987 and comprises one four-storey building complex with thirty-one suites, four of which are wheelchair accessible.
The co-op was renamed in 2005 in honour of a former member, Aaron Webster
, who was murdered by a group of youths in Stanley Park
in 2001. Webster had been serving as the co-op's president at the time of his murder.
Housing cooperative
A housing cooperative is a legal entity—usually a corporation—that owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings. Each shareholder in the legal entity is granted the right to occupy one housing unit, sometimes subject to an occupancy agreement, which is similar to a lease. ...
located in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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The co-op, located on Pender Street, was completed in 1987 and comprises one four-storey building complex with thirty-one suites, four of which are wheelchair accessible.
The co-op was renamed in 2005 in honour of a former member, Aaron Webster
Aaron Webster
Aaron Webster was a gay man living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who was beaten by a group of men close to a gay cruising area in a woody part of Stanley Park near Second Beach on November 17, 2001. According to reports, the youths came across a nearly-naked Webster and chased him to a...
, who was murdered by a group of youths in Stanley Park
Stanley Park
Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectare urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by David Oppenheimer in the name of Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada....
in 2001. Webster had been serving as the co-op's president at the time of his murder.