Isolated from the mainstream community, early Chinatown residents turned to each other for support. Clan associations, where people with the same surname gathered, created community and offered aid. Other informal associations, such as the playful, young men who formed the Chinese Hill Billies band, entertained audiences to raise money for Chinatown causes. Today the band is gone, but the clan associations live on in the remarkable buildings you see on this street. The City of Vancouver and Vancity have partnered to help restore some of these unique structures, several of which are over 100-years old.
早期的華裔居民由於與主流社區隔離，所以在需要幫助時都是彼此互助扶持。由同一姓氏的華裔居民組成的宗親會，有助建立社區和向成員提供援助。但亦有一些非正式的組織，例如由一班調皮青年組成的“華裔鄉下人”(Chinese Hill Billie)樂隊，他們不時為華埠的公益項目演出籌款。時至今日，這隊樂隊已經成為絕唱，但是宗親會的組織，仍然在這街上多座充滿華埠特色的建築中運作如昔。溫哥華市政府曾與Vancity合作為一些傳統樓宇進行翻新，其中有幾座的樓齡已超過一百歲。
