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James K.J. Lee, Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, who was secretary-general in Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs until July, for lunch in New York City in what was the first meeting between a top Taiwan official and a United States ambassador to the United Nations. [9]
The Chicago Cultural Center underwent an extensive [4] renovation during 2021–2022 [5] with the goal of unearthing the original beauty of the building. The detailed restoration of the art glass dome and decorative finishes in the Grand Army of the Republic rooms, a Civil War memorial, was made possible by a grant of services valued at over $15 million to the City of Chicago.
Chinatown is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, along S. Wentworth Avenue between Cermak Road and W. 26th St.Over a third of Chicago's Chinese population resides in this ethnic enclave, making it one of the largest concentrations of Chinese-Americans in the United States. [3]
This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. [1] The map of neighborhoods presented here is based on the official designations from the City of Pittsburgh. [2]
After a unanimous voice vote by a City Council committee, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks designated the On Leong Merchants Association Building as a Chicago Landmark on December 1, 1993, the only such landmark in Chinatown. [10] [13] It has been described as Chicago’s "most significant symbol of the cultural heritage of the Chinese". [17]
He graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in history in 1953 and 1956, respectively. [3] In 1957, Hsu migrated to the United States to study for a doctorate at the University of Chicago, where he resided at the Chicago Theological Seminary and earned his Ph.D. in 1962. [4]
Since August 2020, the office is headed by a director-general, currently Ming-Chi Scott Lai, who previously served as director-general of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston. [ 6 ] In 2023, TECO San Francisco purchased a brand new seven-story building at 345 4th Street, and it was purchased for $52.8 million. [ 7 ]
Oakland is the academic and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and one of the city's major cultural centers. Home to three universities, museums, hospitals, shopping venues, restaurants, and recreational activities, this section of the city also includes two city-designated historic districts: the mostly residential Schenley Farms Historic District and the predominantly institutional Oakland ...