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Philadelphia. ZIP Code. 19107. Area code (s) 215, 267, and 445. Philadelphia Chinatown is a predominantly Asian American neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation supports the area. The neighborhood stretches from Vine Street on the north, Arch Street on the south, North Franklin ...
Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown. Ethnic Renewal in Philadelphia’s Chinatown: Space, Place, and Struggle is a 2015 academic book by Kathryn Elizabeth Wilson, published by Temple University Press. It includes the history of Chinatown, Philadelphia. The book documents community resistance against urban renewal plans to destroy parts ...
The Chinatown Friendship Gate History. Between 1882 and 1943, the population of Philadelphia's Chinatown was controlled under Chinese Exclusion Act and Geary Act. [22] In the 1920s, the population was about 1,600, but as the 1960s and 70s approached, Chinatown lost about 26% of its housing and the population went down to around 400 people. [23]
Philadelphia and Seattle’s Chinatowns, two of the nation’s oldest, are among the most endangered historical sites in the country, according to a list from the National Trust for Historic ...
Chinatowns are enclaves of Chinese people outside of China. The first Chinatown in the United States was San Francisco's Chinatown in 1848, and many other Chinatowns were established in the 19th century by the Chinese diaspora on the West Coast. By 1875, Chinatowns had emerged in eastern cities such as New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh [4], and ...
June 13, 1978. The Trocadero Theatre (opened as the Arch Street Opera House) is a historic theater located in Chinatown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It offered musical comedies, vaudeville, opera, and burlesque. The Trocadero Theatre was refurbished for use as an art house cinema and fine arts theatre in 1970s, and by the 1990s had become an ...
1974. 20 S. 12th Street(original location) 40°12′41″N 74°56′02″W / 40.2112873°N 74.933794°W / 40.2112873; -74.933794 (Twelfth Street Meetinghouse) Center City, Philadelphia. Delisted after being dismantled and relocated to George School in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 9. John Wanamaker House. John Wanamaker ...
Trocadero Theatre. Categories: Center City, Philadelphia. Chinatowns in the United States. Neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata. Wikipedia categories named after Chinatowns.