Vancouver Chinatown Millennium Gate — Attraction in Vancouver

Is Canada's largest Chinatown. Centred around Pender Street, it is surrounded by Gastown to the north, the Downtown financial and central business districts to the west, the Georgia Viaduct and the False Creek inlet to the south, the Downtown Eastside and the remnant of old Japantown to the northeast, and the residential neighbourhood of Strathcona to the southeast. However it is now only a few sporadic businesses here snd there just 2 places for dim sum. One grocery store. It sad from the bustle in the days long gone as you see from photo. Near Gastown and old Japantown it feels deserted. Chinatown was considered to be one of the poorest areas of Vancouver for many years and now it just more worst You walk and it feels like watching zombie, the sad thing is that it’s real. People taking drugs all over, others in a catatonic state. Homeless people everywhere and obviously on drugs. Used public toilet in shopping centre near there and women in cubicle injecting drugs. Streets were filthy and a very scary atmosphere especially at night.

As a symbol of the past and future, the Chinatown Gate in Vancouver is covered with designs from both the East and West. Vancouver has one of the largest Chinese populations in North America and in 2002 the community was strengthened with the creation of the gate. North America second largest Chinatown west entrance 21 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada 🇨🇦 The Millennium Gate literally the gate to Chinatown. It was re- built in 2002, which explains its name, reminding the turn of the millennium. The nearest skytrain station to Chinatown Millennium Gate in Vancouver is Waterfront Station. It's a 2 min walk away.

Formerly called Chinagate, the gate was initially donated to the city by the Peoples Republic of China for the Expo ’86 World’s Fair. The gate possesses three ornate traditional Chinese terra-cotta tiled arches sitting atop several elaborately painted murals and is flanked by two granite lions on...

It's ok. Nothing spectacular. Nothing worth going out of your way to see. Ottawa's Chinese gate is smaller but more colorful and impressive IMO. The real disappointment though is the Vancouver Chinatown itself. The homeless have ruined it. The main area they like to hang out is just one street over on E Hastings St. so a lot of them do end up hanging out here. A lot of the businesses have shut down (partly due to Covid). A lot have dilapidated signs that have seen better days. Probably the only restaurant worth going to here is Phnom Penh). Compared to the vibrant Chinatown in Toronto (I used to live in it) the Vancouver one is a depressing mess. I didn't even see any Chinese grocers that sell low priced fruit, vegetables, meat and Asian food products (Toronto has several). No need to ever go back here. Just take a picture of the Millenium Gate and the world's thinnest building and then get...

The real Chinatown only existed 30 years ago which was alive!! Now it is dead and westerners taking over. Selling it’s soul to westerners. Go to Richmond for food, groceries, Chinese malls instead with free parking and much cleaner safer environment. The only place worth going for food in Chinatown is Phnom Penh Restaurant that has been in Chinatown for 40 years that us pretty much the same, always packed with lineups. Second is oyster express, not Chinese but excellent or best place for raw oysters in Vancouver. The bakeries are okay, maybe a tad bit cheaper but Richmond is the new Chinatown. Go for picture taking but dob’t expect much from thus...