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Article: Chinese Cultural Centre Revitalizes Calgary's Chinatown
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- December 16, 1994
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Bobbie Lee
AsianWeek
12-16-1994
Chinese Cultural Centre Revitalizes Calgary's Chinatown.
By Bobbie Lee
CALGARY (CANADA) -- Little is known of Chinatown in Calgary, a large town known for its summer Calgary Stampede and, more recently, its status as the 1988 Winter Olympic site with a bobsled/lugee and 295 ft. ski jump.
The Chinatown here is modern with many new buildings representing all types of businesses, especially Chinese restaurants. Two senior citizens' housing projects are the tallest buildings in Chinatown. Tall high-rise office buildings in the business district rim one side of Chinatown, standing like sentinals looking down on the six square blocks. The towering office buildings ...