His Grandparents' Living Room

Ging Chong’s living room - Jeffery Chong

Jeffery Chong has meticulously recreated the East Vancouver house, which four generations of the family called home. The house will soon be sold and probably torn down.

Chong staged the living room as it would’ve been in 1964 — from the furniture down to the decor on the mantelpiece — with the TV switched on to the CBC evening broadcast where his grandfather briefly showed up on the screen at 6:45 p.m.

A giant recreation of the Chongs’ living room is on display on the wall of the CBC Vancouver building at 700 Hamilton St. until late summer 2023.

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