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Severe flooding on the Guadalupe during the winter of 1871 to 1872 brought the short-lived Vine Street Chinatown to an end. [5] The second Market Street Chinatown grew to about 1,400 people by 1876. [1] [6] By 1884, it occupied most of the block along Market Plaza between San Fernando and San Antonio streets. [4] On March 24, 1887, the city ...
The Market Street Chinatown was burned several times, but the Chinese residents quickly repaired the damage each time. [11] In January 1886, the city voted to close all Chinese-owned laundries and began arresting laundrymen for operating in wooden buildings, prompting the washhouses to stop work in protest. [ 12 ]
Photo postcard dated between 1898 and 1905: "A street in Chinatown" Old Chinatown, or original Chinatown, is a retronym that refers to the location of a former Chinese-American ethnic enclave enforced by legal segregation that existed near downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States from the 1860s until the 1930s.
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The two-week Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, [86] sponsored by Southwest Airlines in recent years, includes two fairs, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair and Chinatown Community Street Fair, the Miss Chinatown USA pageant, and concludes with the parade. Miss Chinatown USA is traditionally present at the parade, as is a Golden Dragon which ...
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