[Airboy]

That was its last location. Also I believe the underground infrastructure is in place already.

 

[ChazYEG]

Nice to see it come back, but sorry this location is not in or at the entrance to Chinatown so it is an odd spot to put it in. We may yet again puzzle visitors and tourists with our strange ways of doing things.

It's being put at the same location as the original one, at what was the entrance to the historical Chinatown.

 

[Avenuer]

It's being put at the same location as the original one, at what was the entrance to the historical Chinatown.

There was never a gate across 97 Street near Jasper Avenue, however that was the location of the original Chinatown, before it was demolished for urban renewal / Canada Place. It's a fitting location for it, as it's the gateway to both the present-day Chinatowns South and North. It will also be prominent from the River Valley and should show up in many photos of Downtown from the south.

 

[David A]

No, it is not the same location. There was never a gate across 97 Street the section of which is here has nothing else significantly Chinese on it.

The previous 102 Ave location was the west entrance to the old Chinatown area. There are still a few remnants in this area even more when it was first put up, so while tenuous that location made more sense. Of course now that is not an option because of the LRT.

 

[kcantor]

Whoever thought that increasing the size and height of the column plinths would create a better pedestrian (or vehicular for that matter) relationship with the gate and the adjacent buildings is probably the same person that thought those f'ing huge street lamp bases would be a good addition to Jasper Avenue...