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The Chinatown East Gate (also known as the Gate of Maternal Virtues) is located in Los Angeles' Chinatown neighborhood, in the U.S. state of California. The structure was installed in 1939, one year after the dedication of Central Plaza and the installation of the Chinatown West Gate. It was commissioned by Y.C. Hong to commemorate his mother.
The gate has 150-year-old camphor wood from China. After being nominated by the Los Angeles Conservancy, the West Gate was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, No. 825. [1] California Governor Frank Merrimack placed a bronze tablet at the site that commemorates Chinese-American contributions to California's growth. [2]
The Chinatown Gateway Monument is installed in Chinatown, Los Angeles, in the U.S. state of California. [1] [2] The gateway is located at the south entrance to Chinatown on North Broadway, just north of Cesar Chavez Avenue, few blocks from Los Angeles City Hall. In 2020, Wilder Shaw of Thrillist described the gate as "infamous". [3]
The first paifang in the United States was raised in 1915 as a temporary installation for the Chinese pavilion of the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, [9] and the oldest still standing was erected in 1938 for Los Angeles, Chinatown West Gate on Hill Street; [10] it was listed as a city Historic-Cultural Monument (#825 ...
The Gateway Cities, shaded in blue (the boundary is generalized) The Gateway Cities region, or Southeast Los Angeles County, is an urbanized region located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, between the City of Los Angeles proper, Orange County, and the Pacific Ocean.
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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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