In the Shadow: Chinatown

Over the past five years, we have experienced an important movement in Vancouver: Revitalize Chinatown.

This is an important initiative given the alternative solution presented by two other Canadian cities: Erradicate Chinatown.

My recent vacation in Montreal showed a Chinatown....errr...I mean "Quartier International" - which is a shadow of its former glory. In the rabid enthusiasm to show the other who was more powerful, Quebec & Canadian dollars built block-sized Place Desjardins and a Federal complex & evicted Chinatown businesses & residences.

Toronto is even more heinous: the City Hall we have come to love seeing Master T through the 1990's on some MM Live event -- that and Nathan Phillips Square is where Chinatown was!

Don't worry: there is no sign anywhere that tells you what once was!