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Hoy, William J. (April 1943). "Chinatown Devises Its Own Street Names". California Folklore Quarterly. 2 (2). Western States Folklore Society: 71–75. doi:10.2307/1495551. JSTOR 1495551. Miller, Greg (30 September 2013). "1885 map reveals vice in San Francisco's Chinatown and racism at City Hall". Wired
William Sawalich (born October 3, 2006) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. He is the 2023 and 2024 ARCA Menards Series East champion.
The Chinatown Handy Guide was one of the early Chinatown tour books published by a Chinese American author and recorded in the World Catalog. [1] It was published in four different geographic editions tailored to the largest established Chinatowns in America's biggest cities: [2] Chinatown Handy Guide New York, [3] Chinatown Handy Guide Chicago, [4] Chinatown Handy Guide San Francisco [5] and ...
According to the San Francisco Planning Department, Chinatown is "the most densely populated urban area west of Manhattan", with 15,000 residents living in 20 square blocks. [13] In the 1970s, the population density in Chinatown was seven times the San Francisco average. [14]
Chatham Square is a major intersection in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City. The square lies at the confluence of eight streets: the Bowery, Doyers Street, East Broadway, St. James Place, Mott Street, Oliver Street, Worth Street and Park Row. The small park in the center of the square is known as Kimlau Square [1] and Lin Ze Xu Square. [2]
The book was published in San Francisco in softcover by City Lights. Architectural photographs in the book were taken in the 1980s by Brian Choy for a case report to nominate Chinatown as a historic district. [2]: 12 An earlier, abridged version was published as a pamphlet by the Chinese Historical Society of America. [3]
1936 Bon Voyage Banquet for Mr & Mrs Joe Shoong & family. As a strategy for keeping prices low, Shoong had most of the stores’ merchandise manufactured in a company-owned factory in San Francisco's Chinatown rather than importing goods from outside of the U.S. [8] In an interview for the Oakland Tribune in 1924, Shoong explained, “From manufacturer direct to the consumer, is the plan ...
San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture; San Francisco Chinese Hospital; San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade; 1900–1904 San Francisco plague; San Francisco riot of 1877; San Francisco Saints; Showgirl Magic Museum; Soo Yuen Benevolent Association; William Speer (minister) Statue of Sun Yat-sen (San Francisco)