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The initial Chinatowns were built in the Western United States in states such as California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Arizona. As the transcontinental railroad was built, more Chinatowns started to appear in railroad towns such as St. Louis , Chicago , Cincinnati , Pittsburgh and Butte, Montana .
San Jose was home to five Chinatowns that existed until the 1930s. [30] The initial Chinatowns in San Jose were frequently burned down by arson. [31] Another Chinatown was excavated during an urban renewal project to build the Fairmont Hotel and Silicon Valley Financial Center on Market and San Fernando Streets. [32]
Las Vegas' Asian American population has grown more quickly than nearly any other population in the last few years. L.A.'s San Gabriel Valley played a part.
Residents were served by three restaurants, a theater, and a Chinese temple, or joss house. Buildings to the north were largely made of fireproof brick, while buildings to the south were made of wood. [6] [9] Chinatown organized its own volunteer fire brigade, due to an ordinance excluding the neighborhood from the city's fire district. [10]
[a] By 1880, there were 164 in Maricopa County, with 110 of those in Phoenix, 4.6% of the town's population. [1]: 81 Most were single men, often intending to eventually return to China. [2]: 373 The Chinese in Phoenix faced racial prejudice and were relegated to working in gardening, laundries, restaurants, and performing domestic work.
It has spawned lodges in other Western U.S. Chinatowns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including Chinatown, Los Angeles and Chinatown, Portland. The Chinese Culture Center is a community based non-profit organization located on the third floor of the Hilton San Francisco Financial District, across Kearny Street from Portsmouth Square ...
Entrance to Victoria's Chinatown in British Columbia. Vancouver's Chinatown is the largest in Canada. [5] Dating back to the late 19th century, the main focus of the older Chinatown is Pender Street and Main Street in downtown Vancouver, which is also, along with Victoria's Chinatown, one of the oldest surviving Chinatowns in North America.
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