1.0Spacing Montrealhttps://spacing.ca/montrealCédric Samhttps://spacing.ca/montreal/author/cedric/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NZWjcRMpXt"><a href="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2008/01/19/cinema-sun-ko-wah-%e6%96%b0%e5%9c%8b%e8%8f%af/">Cinéma Sun Ko Wah</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2008/01/19/cinema-sun-ko-wah-%e6%96%b0%e5%9c%8b%e8%8f%af/embed/#?secret=NZWjcRMpXt" width="600" height="338" title="“Cinéma Sun Ko Wah” — Spacing Montreal" data-secret="NZWjcRMpXt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> It was through a quick search to see whether the Sun Ko Wah (新國華) boutique and bookstore on this picture still existed (it probably does), that I realized that Chinatown’s now-defunct cinema on St-Laurent Boulevard (near René-Lévesque) was also called the Sun Ko Wah! Yes, according to infos on the web, this cinema existed betweenContinue readinghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2365/2191977942_ee7ca7de24.jpg