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Chinatown (Chinese: 唐人街 ... powers seized and ruled the port towns in the 16th century, Chinese supported European traders and colonists, and created autonomous ...
By 1895, there were enough Chinese people that a Chinese community began to form, though mostly with men whose wives were prohibited from migration by the newly created law. The community celebrated their first Chinese New Year that year. By 1920, around 30 Chinese laundries existed in the city.
The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, ... was created to provide the community with a unified voice. The heads of ...
Early photo of Chinatown in Fresno, CA, circa 1880. Similar to the other Chinatowns in California such as in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland, Fresno's Chinatown was regarded as a center of gambling, prostitution, and opium by the public and bore the brunt of many efforts to stifle vice in Fresno. In December 1885, the City of Fresno ...
Philadelphia Chinatown is a predominantly Asian American neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation ...
Manhattan's Chinatown [a] is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, bordering the Lower East Side to its east, ...
There are the classics — and then there’s “Chinatown.” First released on June 20, 1974, the seminal noir feature was a resounding success at its time: a big hit for producer and Paramount ...
This Chinatown was described in a 1914 southern California guidebook created for visitors to the Panama-Pacific Exposition: [9] North of the old plaza, at North Los Angeles and Marchesault streets, is Chinatown, a fantastic bit of the Orient which furnishes the tourist with many interesting sights, both during the day and the evening.