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Exploring Downtown Toronto’s Chinatown Malls
Exploring Downtown Toronto’s Chinatown Malls
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“Johnny Strides”
A downtown Toronto Chinatown walk through the Chinatown Centre and Dragon City Mall.
Chinatown Centre
Dragon City Mall
Recorded in 4K at 60 FPS on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.
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Nice walk, however not as busy as most Malls. Unusual layout . The windows show a great view of the surrounding area.❤
oooohhhh is that restaraunt "Siagon Charlies" still there
Shouting out Canteen, that place is awesome. Gf and I go there weekly. Malaysian Cantonese cha chanteng food.
Liminal spaces
Brings back long fond memories when it was a busy area. The covid lock down probably really hurt these places sadly. Also long time ago when dvd movies were the things to get before the internet online movies and roku . There was roughly two of these mall places in downtown known for pirated dvd movies raided by the Toronto police I believe.
Thanks Johnny! Excellent tour of the sort of dead Chinese mall on a weekday. I'm sure weekends are so crowded there, as most Chinatowns are. I wondered what Chinatown Toronto's like and it's not really different than Alberta or Vancouver. Interesting.
Sad to see the inside of Toronto Chinatown Mall is like the many dead malls in Hong Kong.
6:02 Goodness they are like some of the dead mall in Hong Kong !
I remember there was a huge issue at the time when the owner developer handed in their development application for Dragon City Centre (Now Chinatown Centre) which was used to be a church site in 1986.
Wow you are so disconnected from China town. Most stores/booths in Chinatown Center open around noon. And it's not 'BBQ duck' it's Peking Duck.
Boy. It sure has a feeling like the 1st Malls days are numbered but some of those clothing shops appeared to have some very reasonably priced items for sale…TY
Great video johnny see you soon my friend <3 i was just there arround 2-3 week's ago streaming.
Dragon City Mall is doing better than Chinatown Centre….the central location helps. I wonder if the Ontario Line station at Queen and Spadina will help the latter when it opens.
RMB is renminbi…the name of the currency in China aka Yuan.
PS I think there' s hope for CC. DCM didn't look so well a few years ago, but it's doing better now.
Awesome tour around Chinatown Malls Johnny
Chinatown centre was the place to be in chinatown…20 years ago. However many families moved out to Markham and opened Pacfic centre, since then downtown Chinatown has been on a sharp decline. In recent years, the stores you see were "fronts". False goods outside, TripleA designer in backroom which you could only buy if you knew the owner or had a friend who already shopped there. You would've been kicked out trying to walk around with a camera 8 years ago lol…however that came to an end after a few police raids, stores shuttered and people charged for selling illegal / counterfit goods fresh off the boat! I may have purchased LV and Prada items 10 yrs ago
Thanks!
Ghost town of a mall.
That intro shot was great.
Way back in the haydays, Chinatown Center had a half decent buffet in the 3rd level, and i think it was the only thing up there. Chinese New Years would be very packed. The food court ran into troubles when city health inspectors hit them several times consecutively for pest infestation.
At Dagon City Mall, there use to be an aquarium and pet shop right at the stairs. And I'd argue Dragon City restaurant has (or at least had since its been over a decade when i last ate there) one of the worst dim sum around. But the view from their terrace is awesome.
Its a sad state of affairs at Chinatown Centre. It could really use some new life! Dragon City Mall is doing better, but not by much. I wish there was some kind of major anchor or attraction.
Warms my heart to see dragon city still has the foosball table atleast. Probably not free anymore tho lol
Shitty wok is still open! (If you’re familiar with South Park and the city wok). Sometimes I miss living downtown 💔
Enjoyed the walk through the Chinatown malls. That jacket was $97.24 in Canadian dollars.
u should go to markham area
Your channel is more relaxed than the “Charles Veitch” channel.
Haven't ever been in either of two malls. Chinatown Centre looks like it's on its last legs and Dragon City gives me a feeling of bad feng shui with its claustrophobic architectural design. I thought I was in the Matrix-code world or something with its feeling of busyness. Can't remember either what was on that corner before DC.
Dragon City Mall is literally worse than Pacific Mall!