Chinatown: Vancouver Real Estate

Wing Sang Dept: Chinatown, according to The Star. The historic Wing Sang building, on East Pender, has been respectfully renovated to create a beautiful gallery space showcasing the contemporary art collection of Vancouver real estate mogul Bob Rennie, and it is open to the public, for free, every Thursday and Saturday. If you d rather make art than look at it, then walk a block north and check out Blim, a family run arts and craft studio/ store where you can create a screen-printed masterpiece, make buttons, or learn to knit this is one of many little indie boutiques springing up in Chinatown and vANCOUVER Get away from the better known tourist spots in Vancouver and you ll find exciting neighbourhoods where the immigrant population and hip city dwellers are re-shaping some of the dodgier areas of town. Hidden pockets of culture are blooming in new places throughout the city, and visiting them shows you a vibrant side of Vancouver that is easily missed by sticking to the same-old. Here s where to go if you want to see something different in on your next trip west: It was always fun to visit Chinatown and cruise the stores full of bamboo and lanterns, get dim-sum or steamed buns, but a trip to this hood always included navigating your way around the less salubrious citizens of the downtown east side. New development and investment in Chinatown have spearheaded real improvements, and helped drag it up by the boot-straps to become an urban destination with much more to offer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.