Toronto Public Library: Reimagining Chinatown

Reimagining Chinatown contributing authors Eva Chu, Tiff Lam, Razan Samara and Robert Tin join anthology editor and Assistant Professor of Architecture Linda Zhang for an afternoon of readings and discussion about the importance of Toronto’s Chinatown.

In Reimagining Chinatown, Chinatowns are described by the youth who frequent them: those of the past, those that were moved, those that are redesigned and lose their character, and those of the future. They describe the importance of Chinatown as a source of identity, a familiar meeting place for people, and a place to find foods, ingredients, and medicines not found or understood elsewhere.