This series of interviews documents the “Legacy” mural project, a collaborative effort by muralist Desi Mundo, artist Flo Oy Wong, building owner Denise Chinn, and project director Roy Chan of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project. The mural is located at 723 Webster Street in Oakland’s Chinatown, the former site of the Wong family restaurant, The Great China.
The Legacy Mural was the last public artwork to receive funding by the Oakland City Council in 2024.
Interview with William Gee Wong, Nellie Wong and Flo Oy Wong, recorded on July 18, 2023 at Imperial Soup, located at 723 Webster Street in Oakland Chinatown, once home to their family’s restaurant, The Great China.
An interview with Roy Chan, community historian of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project talking about “kitchen kids,” such as Flo Oy Wong and her siblings Nellie and Bill, who grew up working in the Gee Wong family’s restaurant, The Great China. Today, the building at 723 Webster Street in Oakland Chinatown is home to Imperial Soup.
Denise Chinn shares the story of her family’s history at 723 Webster Street in Oakland Chinatown.
Muralist Desi Mundo gives us a tour of the Legacy mural – currently in progress at 723 Webster Street in Oakland Chinatown. “Crossing the Street” some 30 feet above street level in a monumental artistic collaboration, featuring drawings by artist Flo Oy Wong and and photographs contributed by building owner Denise Chinn.
