Jean-Philippe Riopel and Élyse Lévesque raised a 7,000-name online petition to the Quebec National Assembly calling for protection of the historic district
Advocates who have been calling for the protection of Montreal's Chinatown are relieved that the city and province have acted. But they warn that if the soul of Chinatown is to be preserved, government must protect more than just buildings.
Can Montreal s Chinatown survive? WEEKEND READ | Real estate development threatens to erase 200 years of history and buildings that are decades older than city records show.
Author of the article: Marian Scott • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: May 22, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 13 minute read • At the Chinese Association of Montreal, which has owned its three-storey stone headquarters since 1920, there’s a firm resolve to stay put. “Our building is not for sale,” says the association’s vice-president Bryant Chang, left, with director Bill Wong. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette
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As he showed a reporter around the Chinese Association of Montreal at 110-112 de la Gauchetière St. W., Bryant Chang made one thing perfectly clear:
The Chinatown Working Group is calling for the area to be designated as a protected heritage district.
Author of the article: Marian Scott • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 5 minute read • Karen Cho, foreground, and Jonathan Cha, left, with members of the Chinatown Working Group, are seen at the corner of de la Gauchetière and Côté Sts. in the heart of Montreal s Chinatown on Friday, April 23, 2021. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette
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Defenders of Chinatown are sounding the alarm after much of the neighbourhood’s most historic block was sold to a developer with a reputation for renovictions.