Tour participants, Chinatown, June 1, 2019. Image by Kristen McLaughlin.
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Resource ID
7829
Access
Open
Credit Line
Image by Kristen McLaughlin
Date of Creation
01 June 2019
Keywords
Chinese-Canadian heritage, immigrant history, entertainment, recreation
Program Category
Tours
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Kristen McLaughlin
Caption
Tour participants, Chinatown, June 1, 2019. Image by Kristen McLaughlin.
Description
Tour attendees learn about the Chinatown West neighbourhood - created by the westward relocation of Chinese residents and businesses in the 1960s, after the destruction of the Ward. The community settled along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue.
At 285 Spadina Avenue, participants learn about the grand mansion built by Dr. H.H. Moorehead in 1886, and demolished in 1921 to build one of the finest Yiddish theatres in North America, The Standard. By 1935, The Standard became The Strand, a movie house, then renamed the Victory in 1941. After the Second World War, the Victory Theatre was one of Toronto’s raciest burlesques. Closed on Sundays, the Chinese community rented the facility for cultural performances and films.