HOW HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES INJECT LIFE INTO A CITY
STEPHEN QUINN
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 9:53PM EDT
Seven years ago, when Brad Leith and Gideon Flitt moved into their house on Dunbar Street in Vancouver’s Southlands neighbourhood, they did what you might typically do on Halloween. They asked their neighbours how many trick-or-treaters they could expect. The answer was, “Not many.” Five children showed up that year.