Fan Tan Alley

Fan Tan Alley is an alley in the Chinatown neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada that is known for being the narrowest commercial street in North America, being less than 0.9 m (3.0 ft) wide at its narrowest point.

[1] Fan Tan alley fell into disrepair and buildings were condemned at the time but was later revitalized in the 1970s and 80s with leadership from David Chuenyan Lai.

[1] Today the alley is a tourist destination containing many small shops, an art gallery, restaurants, apartments, and offices.

[3] In 2006, material salvaged from the alley's original gate was donated to the Six String Nation project, and now serves as kerfing on a guitar located there.

[4] In the 1990 movie Bird on a Wire, Mel Gibson rides a motorcycle down the alley.