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Chinatown Gate. Entrance to Chinatown on Pender St; Photo: Destination Vancouver/Nelson Mouellic
Dating back to 1886, Vancouver’s Chinatown has a rich history and continues to be an extremely important neighbourhood within the city. In the last few years, Chinatown has taken on even more life with the opening of new restaurants, shops, and cultural institutions.
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Revitalizing Vancouver’s Chinatown: A Cultural, Retail, and Dining Destination
Photo: Tara Lee
For Carol Lee, the new Chinatown Storytelling Centre embodies the narratives of the Chinese Canadians who worked, played, ate, and built strong community ties in the vibrant historical neighbourhood. “Chinatown holds a place in the hearts of so many Vancouverites,” she says. Lee, Chair of the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, has her own personal connections to the area. Her grandfather opened a dry goods and furnishing store there in 1921, she went to Chinese school in Chinatown as a child, and she and her family celebrated countless family occasions over delicious food at nearby restaurants.
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A Conversation with Carol Lee: Vancouver’s Landmark Chinatown Storytelling Centre
Our next two neighbourhoods in our #LoveVancouver Neighbourhoods Series may look very different from street-view, but they share equally important roles in the diverse cultural makeup of our city. Marpole sits on the southern edge of Vancouver along the Fraser River just before the bridge to the airport and the rest of the world, while Chinatown has long been a lively convergence of trade, political and cultural activity in its historic pocket of downtown.
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#LoveVancouver Neighbourhoods: Marpole & Chinatown
The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) proudly present A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia in Chinatown, a temporary exhibition that is now open to the public.
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New Satellite Exhibition in Chinatown Exploring Chinese Immigration in BC
Win tickets to intimately explore Historical Chinatown (and its food) as part of an exclusive tour by Canadian Craft, only offered during Dine Out Vancouver Festival. Continue reading:
[CLOSED] WIN TICKETS to an exclusive Dim Sum Chinatown Tour
Lia Haddock, investigative reporter for American Public Radio, stumbles on the story of a lifetime when she investigates the disappearance of more than 300 people at a neuroscience research facility in Tennessee. Chances are, you’ve already listened to her harrowing tale on hit podcast Limetown, which skyrocketed to number-one downloaded podcast on iTunes just two months after release.
Chinatown’s Millennium Gate greets visitors to the neighbourhood.
History and culture saturate bustling Chinatown, which has evolved over the years into one of Vancouver’s hippest ‘hoods. Situated on the eastern side of downtown Vancouver, the colourful district – representing North America’s third largest Chinatown – is packed with apothecary stores, piled-high fresh produce stands and quirky one-off shops.
