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There s a whole story within the story of San Francisco s Chinatown and Cynthia Yee is excited to get back to telling it.
With the Chinatown walking tour she runs shut down over the last year because of the pandemic, it s only in recent weeks she s returned to guiding visitors through the sixteen block area, regaling them with stories of gambling, opium dens and her favorite topic ghosts. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. You don’t get a chance to walk through these alleyways, Yee said on a recent day as she waited for her tour group to assemble. There’s so many interesting things about our culture, and our architecture.
Updated on May 3, 2021 at 6:11 pm
NBC Universal, Inc.
There s a whole story within the story of San Francisco s Chinatown and Cynthia Yee is excited to get back to telling it.
With the Chinatown walking tour she runs shut down over the last year because of the pandemic, it s only in recent weeks she s returned to guiding visitors through the sixteen block area, regaling them with stories of gambling, opium dens and her favorite topic ghosts. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. You don’t get a chance to walk through these alleyways, Yee said on a recent day as she waited for her tour group to assemble. There’s so many interesting things about our culture, and our architecture.
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Left: Dorothy Toy and her daughter Dorlie Fong in the late 1950s. Right: Toy on her 101st birthday with Fong.
In the late 1930s, after years on the Vaudeville circuit, Dorothy Toy debuted on Broadway with her dance partner Paul Wing known together as famous dance duo, Toy & Wing.
Decades later, her daughter, Dorlie Fong, had hoped to bring Toy to StoryCorps to share her story, but Toy died in 2019 at age 102 before that was possible.
Recently, Fong shared memories from her childhood with StoryCorps and talked about her late mother s legacy.
As a child, while her mother was touring with the dance company, Fong would watch her performances in awe.
Dorlie Fong
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In the late 1930s, after years on the Vaudeville circuit, Dorothy Toy debuted on Broadway with her dance partner Paul Wing known together as famous dance duo, Toy & Wing.
Decades later, her daughter, Dorlie Fong, had hoped to bring Toy to StoryCorps to share her story, but Toy died in 2019 at age 102 before that was possible.
Recently, Fong shared memories from her childhood with StoryCorps and talked about her late mother s legacy.
As a child, while her mother was touring with the dance company, Fong would watch her performances in awe. I remember watching her perform with her dance partner from the wings of the stage, she said. Everything from the jitterbug to tap and ballet. My mother did a lot of turns and leaps. She d come running off the stage, hurriedly change into her toe shoes, just dripping with perspiration, and then she d go back on for this spectacular finale.