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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.
Old Chinatown, or original Chinatown, is a retronym that refers to the location of a former Chinese-American ethnic enclave enforced by legal segregation that existed near downtown Los Angeles, California in the United States from the 1860s until the 1930s.
Chinatown, Los Angeles Area contains vestiges of 19th Century railroading, freight yards, warehouses, tracks, switch houses, docks and cobblestone pavement (now Los Angeles State Historic Park ). 101
Los Angeles fire and police personnel investigate the Chinatown fire that began at a construction site, right, and spread to a neighboring apartment building. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The present-day Chinatown in Los Angeles was founded in the late 1930s as the second Chinatown in the city. Formerly a " Little Italy ," it is presently located along Hill Street, Broadway, and Spring Street near Dodger Stadium in downtown Los Angeles with restaurants, grocers, and tourist-oriented shops and plazas.
Chinatown's eviction battles point up Los Angeles' affordable housing woes. Now eminent domain, historically used to evict residents, might help save homes.
China City, Los Angeles was a short-lived "Chinatown" tourist attraction developed by Christine Sterling, who also worked on the conversion of a neglected street into the Mexican-themed Olvera Street. She conceived of a similar plan for the displaced Chinese-American population following the demolition of Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. [1]
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