For 32 years, the He Zhen Snap Button Co. in Chinatown, its storefront cluttered with rivets and snaps, was one of many businesses that catered to the New York garment industry. Then one day last ...

Amy Li Projects is a button shop-cum-gallery. The gallery in the He Zhen Snap Button Co., run by Amy Li on Chinatown’s Mott Street is a unique space for the “underground” art scene.

The first thing customers notice are the millions of buttons lining the shelves and drawers of the small, specialized Vancouver shop in Vancouver — buttons in all shapes, colours and sizes.