Toronto's first Chinatown, 1923.
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Resource ID
10297
Access
Open
Credit Line
City of Toronto Archives
Date of Creation
2007
Program Category
Rights
Heritage Toronto
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Toronto's first Chinatown, 1923.
Description
Toronto's first Chinatown thrived until the late 1940s when the City of Toronto began its controversial expropriation of much of the neighbourhood to make room for a new City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. Demolition finally took place in 1955. Some Chinese businesses could not afford to re-locate and closed. Others packed up and moved west along Dundas Street to Spadina Avenue.
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