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Title: 500 block Carrall Street west side:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1906
Description: Looking north with the Chinese Empire Reform Association of Canada, centre. Chinese businesses and men. Wagons.
Subject(s): Horse-drawn vehicles, Chinese Canadians, Buildings, Stores, Retail, Chinese Empire Reform Association of Canada
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

Title: Adapting to Canada - Interview with Ms. Joe:
Contributor(s): Joe, Ms. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Ms. Joe talks about being discouraged from carrying her children on her back in Canada, and her willingness to adapt to her new environment. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:33
Subject(s): Cultural differences, Chinese Canadians, Parenting
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: B.C. Royal Cafe - Interview with Wail Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Wail Wong reminisces about restaurants that he frequented as a child.
Extent: 00:00:26
Subject(s): B.C. Royal Cafe, Childhood, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Business and Cultural Shifts - Interview with Albert Tsang
Contributor(s): Tsang, Albert (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Albert Tsang talks about the time when Chinatown used to be the only place you could shop for Chinese goods. Tsang explains why he thinks Chinese businesses are outside of Chinatown now and addresses complaints about outside cultures starting businesses in Chinatown. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:40
Subject(s): Western businesses, Cultural shifts, Multiculturalism, Chinese restaurants, Chinese Canadians, Businesses
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Changes in Chinatown - Interview with Ms. Chan
Contributor(s): Chan, Ms. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Ms. Chan discusses buildings that are changing in Chinatown and the increase of high-rises. She believes that the essence of Chinatown is gone and mentions her difficulty when communicating with westerners. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:56
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) - Millennium Gate, Buildings, Cultural shifts, Cultural differences, Chinese Canadians, Chinese restaurants, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Changes in Chinatown - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Olivia discusses the stagnating aspects of Chinatown and possible solutions.
Extent: 00:02:36
Subject(s): Grocery shopping, Chinese Canadians, Businesses, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Changes in Chinatown - Interview with Marion Man:
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man discusses the reasons behind the decline of Chinese stores and businesses.
Extent: 00:00:27
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians, Businesses, Grocery stores, Gentrification
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Childhood Memories - Interview with Gregory Helem:
Contributor(s): Helem, Gregory (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Gregory Helem speaks about his childhood memories.
Extent: 00:01:28
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Family, Woodward's Stores Limited
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Childhood Memories - Interview with Wail Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Wail Wong talks about seeing buildings go up and the places he frequented at as a child. Wong discusses the long standing businesses and buildings; describes the businesses he grew up around and other fond memories.
Extent: 00:00:57
Subject(s): New Town Bakery & Restaurant, Modernize Tailors, Ming Wo, Woodward's Stores Limited, Chinese Cultural Centre, Army And Navy Department Store Ltd., Stores, Retail, Department stores, Sun Yat-Sen Gardens
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown
Contributor(s): Caturla, Ting (Journalism Crew), Sakamoto, Hayoto (Journalism Crew), Stephens, Rhonda (Journalism Crew), Wikelund, Cate (Journalism Crew), House, Tina (Journalism Crew), Ramirez, Roberto (VPL Staff), Stewart, Karl (VPL Staff), Gibeaux, Meaghan (VPL Staff)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2019-06-09
Language: English
Description: A look at historical Chinatown's monuments and important locations, as well as a spotlight on the very real threat to the neighbourhood by gentrification.
Extent: 00:04:53
Subject(s): Gentrification, Small business, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden
Location(s): Chinatown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Capturing Vancouver

Title: Chinatown Changes - Interview with Ms. Joe
Contributor(s): Joe, Ms. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Ms. Joe discusses some major changes that Chinatown has undergone. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:30
Subject(s): Buildings, Businesses, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown Childhood - Interview with Eileen Kon:
Contributor(s): Kon, Eileen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-30
Language: English
Description: Eileen recounts her early childhood experiences in Vancouver's Chinatown.
Extent: 00:04:59
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Chinese Canadians, Multicultural education
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Chinatown Prevails - Interview with Sue Lum
Contributor(s): Lum, Sue (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Lum talks about the freeway debates to demolish Chinatown in 1968-1970 and petitions from the Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association (SPOTA).
Extent: 00:00:40
Subject(s): Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants' Association, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Petitions, Communities
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown Rejuvenation - Interview with Wail Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Wail Wong talks about some of the positive changes that Chinatown has recently undergone.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Fortune Sound Club (Nightclub), Chinese Canadians, Ming's Restaurant, Multiculturalism, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown Buildings - Interview with Marion Man:
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about the Freemasons building and the legacy of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen.
Extent: 00:00:31
Subject(s): Chinese Community Centre, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Freemasons Building, Yat-Sen, Sun, 1866-1925
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) Landmarks - Interview with Albert Tsang
Contributor(s): Tsang, Albert (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Albert Tsang outlines the importance of the building that Dr. Sun Yat-Sen stayed in and its history. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:59
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) - Millennium Gate, Yat-Sen, Sun, 1866-1925, Modernize Tailors, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown's Legacy - Interview with Melody Ma:
Contributor(s): Ma, Melody (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-29
Language: English
Description: Melody Ma, born and raised in Vancouver, offers eloquent commentary about the vital role Chinatown plays in preserving the history of the Chinese in the city, and to her own identity.
Extent: 00:04:13
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Chinese Library - Interview with Marion Man:
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about her fond memories of working at the Chinese Library.
Extent: 00:01:17
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Cultural differences, Multiculturalism, Chinese Community Library Services Association, Communities
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Church Buildings - Interview with Marion Man and Gregory Helem
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee), Helem, Gregory (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about churches in Chinatown, including one that is over 100 years old and is still existing at Gore and Pender Streets. Marion continues by talking more about the church that is now called the Strathcona Church and also about the St. Francis Xavier School in Strathcona.
Extent: 00:02:06
Subject(s): Schools, Chinese Canadians, Church buildings, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Elementary schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Community and Family - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Ms. Cheung describes how hard her parents worked for their children and about intergenerational family bonds.
Extent: 00:00:55
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Parenting, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City