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Dream has ended: Albert Leong parts with historic Chinatown building in downtown Lethbridge


 
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.
The sale of the historic Bow On Tong building in downtown Lethbridge marked the end of an era, and the end of a dream for the building owner, 80-year-old Albert Leong.
“I’ve been out eight years, and I just turned 80,” said Leong. “I don’t know if I’ll be here another eight years, so I feel I have to give up this store.”
The Bow On Tong building helped support Chinese-Albertans in Lethbridge since the early 1900’s, operating as a grocery store and lodging house, and later as a traditional Chinese herbal shop.
Leong was born in the basement, grew up in the building and continued to live there, after he started running the family business. ....

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