| Chinatown 唐人街 (Chinese) Fortitude Valley, Queensland | |
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| LGA(s) | City of Brisbane (Central Ward) |
| State electorate(s) | McConnell |
| Federal division(s) | Brisbane |
| Brisbane Chinatown | |||||||
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| Chinese | 布里斯班唐人街 | ||||||
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Chinatown, Brisbane (Chinese:布里斯班唐人街) is a precinct inFortitude Valley,Brisbane, Australia. It is centred on Chinatown Mall, apedestrian street which occupies all of Duncan Street. The Mall runs parallel toBrunswick Street Mall, and connects Wickham Street andAnn Street. The precinct is the location of Chinese restaurants and shops, and is the venue for events includingChinese New Year andValley Fiesta. Street signs in the area are written in both English andChinese. It is also home to many restaurants offering Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese cuisines.[1] Its pan-Asian nature is also emphasized through the hosting of many Asian festivals including the annual Indian festival,Diwali.[2]
Chinatown's popularity withChinese Australians has declined in the past two decades, andSunnybank is instead seen as the hub of Chinese culture in Brisbane.[3]
Chinatown Mall was officially opened by Lord MayorSallyanne Atkinson on 29 January 1987, the first day of the Year of theRabbit.[4] The Mall was designed by architects and engineers fromGuangzhou, and was intended to reflectTang architecture.[5]
In 1995 part ofJackie Chan's First Strike (1996) was shot in the Mall.[4] The scene featured a car chase and an explosion. The Mall's pagoda was destroyed during filming and subsequently rebuilt.
Brisbane City Council began a renovation of Chinatown Mall in 2009. The project, which was designed by Urbis, cost $8,000,000.[6] The Mall was supposed to be finished by September 2009 but was delayed, reopening on 14 February 2010.[4][7]
Chinatown Mall was the original setting of the infamousDemocracy Manifest internet meme.
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