WOW! Thank you SO MUCH for this video and share! I grew up there, and my first 23 years in Vancouver.... So sad to me that it has been gutted and its soul is gone by the City Gov, racism, and such. I had to laugh at Shirley's memory? of chicken stores.... I was working in one as a child to help out my Dad :) Yes it did stink, but after a bit... it was OK... another City Health inspector victim indeed. KUDOS again for sharing the history, and will miss the thriving community it was, so crowded you could not walk the sidewalks, and all the elders we were taught to respect. Sadly our children will never know how hard it was, but also the wonderful community we had. We always were a blend in Strathcona, and miss it much, but have to sadly say it is gone. Ironic that the preface to this; Vancouver was stolen from the 1st Nation people, and then they killed Chinatown as well. All the BEST to you and we can only hope for a better future for our children and Grandchildren. Cheers :)
@chelsea65030 Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for this video. As a teenager I used to hang out in Chinatown and Strathacona. I hope Chinatown can have a revival somehow, and its soul still intact. 🙏
@corpusseofficialchannel78572 жыл бұрын
that photo of wet street and neon lights with cars parked made me feel like I was really there. What a beautiful photo. And great video.
@Harta232 жыл бұрын
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@georgelee19062 жыл бұрын
Been to everyone of those places from living and working in Chinatown 1960's to 2009 Many good memories . Now I'm in the Cariboo .
@jeetsfavs Жыл бұрын
i used to go to china town every week for 15 years from abbotsford bc.I enjoyed the culture and character
@kennetht93854 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks!
@fallenshallrise3 жыл бұрын
Agree that Chinatown should be a thriving place with shoppers 6 wide on the sidewalks like it used to be but sadly it's a ghost town now. So sad to see the old footage of Hastings lined with restaurants and shops. Where the interview is happening (2:30) that tourist sign with the map showing the way to Gastown and the 'Seaside Greenway' is torn down and the lamp post in the background has had it's top knocked off and it was never repaired. Most of the trees in the background and along Carrall have been chopped down since then. I'd love to hear from the property owners what the challenges are with the Pender Street buildings that stand empty for years. Cropped out of this shot is Kitty's Beauty Studio which has stood empty for a decade, the building on the Northeast corner of the intersection has been empty for years, Eagle Gifts has moved and the storefront is empty, Bombast is gone, Ming Wo is gone, Everything Cafe is gone, the furniture store is gone, the herbal store at Pender and Columbia is gone and that is just the North side of the street on 1 block. The last remaining business is a single hair salon and that's not going to fill the sidewalk with crowds. Sad to see.
@colo52202 жыл бұрын
My family and I visited Vancouver Chinatown this summer in 2022. We were scared and horrified. We were afraid for our safety even though we are from high-crime NYC too. This is just shameful to see what happens to these normal law-bidding people besieged by ubiquitous homelessness and blatantly public use of illegal drugs. Just shameful to see your sanctimonious and holier-than-thou politicians didn't do anything about the area.
@darb4091 Жыл бұрын
WOW it sounds like you live in utopia, maybe stay there then.
@canman50603 жыл бұрын
Now their numerous descendants are mainly 'white' after hundred of years but still maintain their tradition !
@prettypurple7175 Жыл бұрын
WOW////
@wongfeihung18474 жыл бұрын
9:44 Yue Shan Society
@canman50603 жыл бұрын
All these clan societies have their very darkside connection with the Tongs in the old days.
@greg65002 жыл бұрын
God I hate the god damned glass towers, Bland soulless things.
@the18Ting3 жыл бұрын
too "polite" to say the truth. Is the decline of Vancouver Chinatown really and only due to the construction of modern buildings lol?
@canman50603 жыл бұрын
The decline is mainly due to the increase in addicts and illegal activities in the surrounding area.Some of the major landmark buildings in Vancouver Chinatown got restored.
@klee74783 жыл бұрын
@@canman5060 The decline is completely due to crack addicts and high crime in the area. That's the only reason why the new generation of Chinese have moved out in the first place. Local governments have continuously pushed the homeless into Chinatown. Back then Chinatown had a thriving underground business with connections to HK and Macau. Pushing the homeless into Chinatown has destroyed that environment, sadly
@Bunny113442 жыл бұрын
Definitely those nasty addicts
@hongkongner77953 жыл бұрын
It's Hong kong people!
@canman50603 жыл бұрын
Most of them are originally from Hong Kong.
@klee74783 жыл бұрын
@@canman5060 No they're not. Most of them are from Guangdong province originally