In the late 1920s, however, most were demolished to make way for the Technical Collegiate, now the site of River Landing. Article contentĪ collection of wooden buildings housing cafés, merchants and rooming houses, dating back to the early 1900s, was nestled around 19th Street and First and Second Avenues.
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Golden Dragon had joined what was already a well-established Chinese community on Avenue C - there is mention of a Chinese laundry as early as 1913 - but Saskatoon’s earliest Chinese settlement predated most of these businesses.
The Avenue C and 19th Street intersection had become a thriving area of Chinese commerce. The National Chop Suey moved from the middle of the block to sit opposite the Golden Dragon and, in 1970, the Wah Qua Chop Suey, owned by the Mah family, moved to 19th Street and Avenue C from its old location on First Avenue South.Īdded to the mix was Art Mark’s Orient Trading Company, which opened adjacent to the Golden Dragon on the corner of Avenue C. Other established restaurants followed the Golden Dragon and relocated closer to 19th Street. Patrons revelled in the decor of the various rooms - the Lantern Room, the Dragon Room and the Temple Room - all prominently advertised on the restaurant’s float in the Travellers Day Parade. Photo by Matt Smith / Saskatoon StarPhoenix The building was demolished six months later.
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