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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: Bino's Coffee Shop - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Olivia Cheung speaks about spending time at Bino's with friends and acquaintances.
Extent: 00:00:44
Subject(s): Communities, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Bino's (Restaurant)
Location(s): Chinatown
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 (Vancouver, B.C.) - 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: 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 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 (Vancouver, B.C.) 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: 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: Food and Restaurants - Interview with Larry Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Larry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Larry Wong talks about his favourite restaurants in Chinatown.
Extent: 00:01:23
Subject(s): Chinese restaurants, Racism, Segregation, White Spot (Restaurant), White Lunch (Restaurant : Vancouver, B.C.), Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Restaurants
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Modern Silk Company - Interview with Larry Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Larry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015-07-28
Language: English
Description: Larry Wong speaks about his father's business, Modern Silk Company, including its success and significance in Vancouver's Chinatown.
Extent: 00:01:29
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Modern Silk Company, Buildings, Small business, Family-owned business enterprises
Location(s): Chinatown
Time Period: 1910s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Nightlife in Chinatown - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015-09-08
Language: English
Description: Olivia Cheung speaks of her memories of Chinatown's nightlife.
Extent: 00:01:02
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Ming's Restaurant, Nightlife
Location(s): Chinatown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Vancouver's Chinatown
Contributor(s): Triggs, Stanley (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1961
Description: Part of a series 85766 + A-Y.
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Streets, Pedestrians, Children and adults, Older people, Stores, Retail
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Vibrant Chinatown - Interview with Gregory Helem
Contributor(s): Helem, Gregory (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Gregory Helem reminisces about his childhood growing up in Chinatown.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Neon signs, Chinese Canadians, Chinese restaurants, Bamboo Terrace (Restaurant), Coin City Arcade, Comic books, strips, etc.
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Vibrant Chinatown - Interview with Randall Yip
Contributor(s): Yip, Randall (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Randall Yip talks about the highlights of Chinatown as he was growing up.
Extent: 00:00:42
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Rex Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.), Lux Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Neon signs
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Visiting the Carnegie Library and Chinatown - Interview with Rosemary Holman
Contributor(s): Holman, Rosemary (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Rosemary recalls going to the Carnegie Library and Chinatown as a child.
Extent: 00:01:45
Subject(s): Vancouver Public Library - Carnegie Branch, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Books and reading, Bamboo Terrace (Restaurant), Newspapers
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City