Chinese Cultural Centre
50 East Pender Street
The Chinese Cultural Centre and the adjoining Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical
Chinese Garden are ambitious projects that reflect Chinatown’s
continuing importance for Vancouver’s Chinese. Opened in 1981,
the Cultural Centre houses classrooms, meeting rooms, exhibition
space, an activity hall, a bookstore and a reading room. The gateway
arch was originally erected in front of the pavillion of the People’s
Republic of China at Vancouver’s Expo 86, held in 1986 around
False Creek, near Chinatown. It was moved to this location in 1987.
The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, designed by architect
Joe Wai and landscape architect Don Vaughan, was completed in 1986.
Built by artisans from China employing traditional techniques and
materials, it is the only full-size classical Chinese garden outside
of China. A new Museum and Library building, designed with a traditional
pagoda roof, opened in 1998 and is accessed off Columbia Street.
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