The City of Calgary has been asking the residents & the Chinatown community members in general to define … what is Chinatown to you? They engaged Calgarians asking people to start by sharing everyone’s first memory of Chinatown – a first memory: whether a child, an adult, a long time Read more…
Mural project – Community up-date: discussions are on ongoing. Work on the mural underway with the bold blue & cloud design already visible at this point. The key design elements will emerge shortly as the painters rush to avoid an adverse change in the weather. Organized by the Chinatown District Read more…
Here`s a web link to the Sien Lok society web page. Sien Lok park is a direct result of work the Society coordinated with the City of Calgary to create a Chinatown park on both sides of Riverfront Avenue. The park adjoins the site of the Pink Flamingo Chinatown mural. Read more…
Between this August 13th newspaper comment by Mayor Nenshi and September 1st, the Board members at Calgary Chinatown Development Foundation (CCDF) heeded a call for help from City Hall and the greater arts community. The object was to show Calgary as an open and inclusive City. Chinatown is a welcoming Read more…
UPDATE: This afternoon a discussion took place in the Chinese Cultural Centre with a number of community stakeholders to review the Pink Flamingo mural and related site developments. An opportunity was facilitated by the Chinatown District Business Improvement Area, Executive Director Terry Wong. What occurred was a dialogue with key Read more…
The mural will face an open piece of land. The terraced land, a fenced demolition site from a previous building is under discussion for rehabilitation and recreational use in Chinatown for residents and visitors. In the meantime the land will be used for the artist to access while painting the Read more…
We will hopefully see the launching of exciting additional murals in Chinatown in 2021! Perhaps a City initiative like the CADA (Calgary Arts Development Authority) program is the answer. It’s time for something much like the Black Lives Matter or Beltline murals initiative to be created for next year. Our Read more…
Many cities highlight the Chinatown district with a gate referred to as a Paifang. One of the most memorable and historical structures outside Asia is found in Havana, Cuba which in many ways has outlasted a strong Chinese commercial hub and a sizeable local Chinese population. In the US Capital. Read more…
The Chinese have a long history in Jamaica and the greatest influence on the island’s culture of any people from Asia. The Chinese first arrived in Jamaica on July 30, 1854. By 1932, some six thousand Chinese people had emigrated to the island. The Jamaican government closed off immigration from Read more…
The City of Calgary is hosting an online lunch hour talk about the future of Chinatown. Here is the invitation below: Join us for a free, fun, informal, interactive and informative series of community conversations over your lunch hour. Each session will feature an identified big topic or an interesting Read more…