Remembering the legacy of Shirley Chan: Saving Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood

2019/01/01 by Don Alexander · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Art history #Canadian Identity and History #Chinatown #Geography #History #Neighbourhood (mathematics) #Urbanization and City Planning

paper · pdf · doi:10.25316/ir-4290

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Abstract

A profile of community activist Shirley Chan, and her role in saving Vancouver's Strathcona neighbourhood from expropriation and demolition during the 1950s and '60s.

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