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Chinatown is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles, California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938. The area includes restaurants, shops, and art galleries, but also has a residential neighborhood with a low-income, aging population of about 7,800 residents.
Boundary map as drawn by the Los Angeles Times on a CC-by-SA background. Note at bottom right of map on the L.A. Times website noted above says "CC-by-SA" (which gives permission to use the map).
The area that today encompasses New Chinatown was originally Los Angeles' Little Italy. In the early 20th century, Italian immigrants settled in the area north of the Old Plaza. Many built businesses, including wineries (San Antonio Winery is the only one of these still in existence.
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Lucky Dragon. Costs: 20 Keys. Adds 48 citizens to maximum population. Chinatown Archway. Costs: 30 Keys. Adds 1,200 citizens to maximum population. Chinese Language School
Chung King Road, along with Chung King Court containing a water fountain in its center, is a pedestrian street complex in the northwest corner of Chinatown, Los Angeles, United States. This street is a part of "New Chinatown", built in the 1930s and 1940s, and was the location of mostly Chinese specialty shops, importers of Chinese art objects ...
This is a map of the former and current buildings located in the Victorian business district of Los Angeles around 1890–1905. Abbreviations and notes. CH = Concert Hall "Female boarding" was a euphemism for small rooms, "cribs", used by prostitutes. [174] †(Dagger) indicates a street that no longer exists
As the neighborhood gentrifies and Chinese residents grow older and fewer, the clubs remain a vital social glue.