Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located. The Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District) defines it as being roughly bounded by Redding Rd and Gessner Rd to the East, Westpark Dr to the North, Beltway 8 to the West, and Beechnut St to the South. [1]
The street was named Club Street due to its abundance of Chinese clubs in early Singapore history. [1] Clubs such as the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Kee Lam Club, a Straits-Chinese club formed in 1891, Chui Lan Teng Club, mainly for Chinese businessman to socialise and the Ee Hoe Hean Club, an exclusive prestigious Chinese club in the 1920s are located at the street which leads to competitive ...
The Old Chinatown, an area within East Downtown bounded by Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59, Preston Street, St. Joseph Parkway, and Dowling Street (now Emancipation Avenue), is the older of the two Houston Chinatowns. [2] [4] The East Downtown Chinatown is not the same as the Chinatown in southwestern Houston. [5]
Ann Siang Hill, Chinatown, Singapore. Ann Siang Hill (Chinese: 安祥山, Malay: Bukit Ann Siang) is a small hill, and the name of a one-way road located in Chinatown, Singapore. It was named after Chia Ann Siang, a wealthy businessman. The road links Club Street and Ann Siang Road (安祥路) to South Bridge Road. Ann Siang Road connects Ann ...
For the Chinese, the Chinatown area is referred also as tua poh or "greater town" district. [citation needed] In the 1880s, Kreta Ayer was the red light district of Chinatown. [citation needed] The Chinese traveller, Li Zhongjue, observed in 1887 that the street was a place of restaurants, theatres and brothels and where "filth and dirt are ...
The restaurant has an extensive menu of Chinese and Vietnamese dishes and serves weekend dim sum. In 1993, the La family opened a new $2 million, 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m 2) restaurant and banquet facility diagonally across from the original location. At the time it was the largest Chinese restaurant in the state of Texas.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
This area is currently referred to as the "Old Chinatown", and still contains some notable landmarks including the original Kim Sơn restaurant. Many Chinese businesses have since moved out, and the area is currently undergoing re-development. [11] In 1960 there were about 325 people in the city of Houston of Chinese origins. [12]