Chinatown and Little Italy, Edmonton

Chinatown and Little Italy, Edmonton

Chinatown and Little Italy is a business revitalization zone (BRZ), created by the City of Edmonton, roughly comprising the informal Chinatown and Little Italy ethnic enclaves in the city's inner neighbourhoods. The boundaries of the BRZ includes only the "commercial strips" within those enclaves, and the BRZ itself strattles the official neighbourhoods of McCauley and Boyle Street.[1][2]

The Harbin Gates marks the entrance to Chinatown South.

Edmonton's current Chinatown consists of two parts, Chinatown South is the older part, easily recognized by the presence of the Harbin Gate and other Chinese-themed street furniture. Chinatown North lies just to the north of its older counterpart. Chinatown North also includes a large Vietnamese presence, and blends into the multicultural "Avenue of Nations" (107 Ave) which runs east-to-west along the northern edge of both Chinatown and Little Italy.[3]

The smaller enclave of Little Italy lies just few blocks to the east of Chinatown. By the early 21st century, it had ceased to be an area of major Italian settlement, but continues as a shopping district.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/city_organization/chinatown-little-italy-busines.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/InfraPlan/chinatown%20and%20Little%20Italy%20brz.pdf#xml=http://search1.edmonton.ca/texis/ThunderstoneSearchService/pdfhi.txt?query=Chinatown&pr=www.edmonton.ca&prox=page&rorder=750&rprox=250&rdfreq=0&rwfreq=0&rlead=750&rdepth=0&sufs=1&order=r&cq=&id=4af01de617
  3. ^ http://www.abheritage.ca/albertans/cultural/chinatown.html
  4. ^ http://www.albertasource.ca/abitalian/virtual_tour/index.htm



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