Tour participants in front of the Labour Lyceum in the rain, on the Changing Chinatown Tour, June 02, 2024. Image by Rachna Shah.
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Resource ID
11113
Access
Open
Credit Line
Rachna Shah
Date of Creation
02 June 2024
Keywords
Chinatown, Labour History
People Depicted
Jingshu Yao
Program Category
Tours
Rights
Rachna Shah
Caption
Tour participants in front of the Labour Lyceum in the rain, on the Changing Chinatown Tour, June 02, 2024. Image by Rachna Shah.
Description
Tour Leader and Emerging Historian Jingshu Yao talks to the tour as the stand in cover from the rain in front of the Labour Lyceum in Toronto on Spadina Avenue.
The Labour Lyceum building was built in 1913 as a trade union for the nearby garment industry. It provided space and support for social activism and labour rights groups, but also housed concerts, lectures, dances and performances. In 1971, the building was renovated to become a Chinese restaurant Yen Pin Place, a landmark of Toronto’s
Chinatown until it was demolished in 2010.
Discover the past and present along Spadina Avenue; from the historical lakeshore and Indigenous trade route to a diverse international neighbourhood; the advocacy by the Jewish and Chinatown community against discrimination so that they could not only survive but thrive in their new home; and the evolving definition of public space and art that grounds the community and its shops, homes, and businesses.
Marker lat / long: 43.653822, -79.39905 (WGS84)