Chinatown blaze destroys local history
Posted Jan 27, 2010 6:36 am.
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The last of more than 150 people forced out of their homes by fire in Chinatown will be allowed to return today.
Firefighters and arson investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the massive blaze at Bobby Chao’s restaurant on Centre Street Monday morning.
The building has been completely destroyed and one local historian says the fire has dealt a big blow to the brick and mortar history of the area.
Harry Saunders tells The Calgary Sun the 100-year-old building was one of the originals on site in Chinatown. He says it was a place where unemployed Chinese could go during the depression for an eight cent meal.
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