WHAT: Chinatown plaques ceremony
WHEN: Thursday August 30th, 12:30pm
WHERE: Northwest corner of Nathan Phillips Square
Unlike the sentiment of the famous final line in Chinatown, Toronto is going to be able to remember the original location of Chinatown a bit easier now with the installation of new Heritage Toronto plaques in Nathan Phillips Square. Ceremony tomorrow:
You are invited to join us for the public presentation of Heritage Toronto plaques to commemorate Toronto’s First Chinatown.Speakers include:
Gabe Sawhney, Heritage Toronto
Olivia Chow, MP, Trinity-Spadina
Rosario Marchese, MPP, Trinity-Spadina
Adam Vaughan, City of Toronto Councillor, Trinity-Spadina
Karen Sun, Executive Director, Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
Doug Hum, former resident of Toronto’s first ChinatownThe MC will be Tam Goossen, VP, Urban Alliance on Race Relations & Community Social Planning Council of Toronto.
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That’s odd. I clicked on the “Chinatown” link and it took me to Wikipedia “Chinatown (film)”.
Where was Toronto’s first Chinatown?
Nathan Phillips Square, where the plaques are being installed, was the site of the 1st Chinatown. It was cleared away to make room for new city hall and NPS.
I linked to the film in case a reader hadn’t seen it and wouldn’t get the reference.
The Missing Plaque Project made a poster about this years ago. The “Lost Chinatown” poster can be found in its archives.