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Chinatown, Toronto (also known as Downtown Chinatown or West Chinatown) is a Chinese ethnic enclave located in the city's downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred at the intersections of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West .
The Ward, c. 1910.Toronto's first Chinatown was situated in The Ward, an area that attracted new immigrants to the city.. Toronto's Chinatown first appeared during the 1890s with the migration of American Chinese from California due to racial conflict and from the Eastern United States due to the economic depression at the time.
The street was named Club Street due to its abundance of Chinese clubs in early Singapore history. [1] Clubs such as the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Kee Lam Club, a Straits-Chinese club formed in 1891, Chui Lan Teng Club, mainly for Chinese businessman to socialise and the Ee Hoe Hean Club, an exclusive prestigious Chinese club in the 1920s are located at the street which leads to competitive ...
A street adjoining East Chinatown is dedicated to Layton. [5] Chinese-Vietnamese and mainland Chinese immigrants dominate this neighbourhood. The East Chinatown community was heavily affected leading up to the 2001 by Toronto's bid for the 2008 Olympics and subsequently by the construction of the "Studio District", in South Riverdale next to ...
Ann Siang Hill (Chinese: 安祥山, Malay: Bukit Ann Siang) is a small hill, and the name of a one-way road located in Chinatown, Singapore. It was named after Chia Ann Siang, a wealthy businessman. The road links Club Street and Ann Siang Road (安祥路) to South Bridge Road. Ann Siang Road connects Ann Siang Hill to Kadayanallur Street.
First Chinatown is a retronym for a former neighbourhood in Toronto, an area that once served as the city's Chinatown.The city's original Chinatown existed from the 1890s to the 1970s, along York Street and Elizabeth Street between Queen and Dundas Streets within St. John's Ward (commonly known as The Ward).
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Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Don River Valley to the west, Danforth Avenue and Greektown to the north, Jones Avenue, the CN / GO tracks, Leslieville to the east, and Lake Shore Boulevard to the south.