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- Not So Ancient History
- A New Train Station Is Proposed
- Midcentury Modernization
- The Community Branches Out
Almost nothing remains of Los Angeles's original Chinatown, which sprung up in the mid-1800s near the city's origins, on Olvera Street. China in the 19th century was in the midst of a population boom, resulting in "land shortages, famine and an increasingly impoverished rural population." Fleeing poverty and political upheaval, Chinese migrants cro...
In 1926, Angelenos were presented with the option of a new train station or "elevated railways" known as an L train. City leaders, the Los Angeles Timesand even famed preacher Aimee Semple McPherson were loudly anti-L and pro-train station — and that's how people voted. It would take more than a decade for the new train station to become a reality....
Chinatown quickly became a destination. In its first year, the neighborhood celebrated the Mid Autumn Moon Festival. According to a Los Angeles Timesarticle, the event attracted 25,000 people for a parade highlighted by a 1,000-foot golden dragon and celebrity guests such as actresses Anna May Wong and Soo Yong. World War II brought the end of the ...
In the latter half of the 20th century, Chinese American communities developed outside of Chinatown, including Irvine, Monterey Park and Alhambra. This was due, in part, to the civil rights victories of that era. It was also a result of Chinatown's small size. The neighborhood measures less than a square mile. Immigrants began bypassing Chinatown. ...
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May 13, 2024 · Oct. 17, 2022. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reports portrayed Chinatown as a neighborhood of filth, violence and vice. The district lay on a street known as Calle de los...
- William Gow
Jan 19, 2018 · Ultimately, gentrification is unfettered privatization of land that threatens Chinatown’s existence as an ethnic enclave that serves and sustains its predominantly working-class immigrant ...
- Frances Huynh
Jul 24, 2019 · By 1938, Los Angeles had two more Chinatown communities—China City, which was built exclusively to attract American tourists, and New Chinatown, which was built not only to attract tourists, but to support the Chinese community in a way that was of most benefit to the Chinese people themselves.
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Jun 12, 2024 · Historic Chinatowns across the U.S. are facing the pressures of gentrification, contributing to the belief that these legacy neighborhoods are dying out and will soon disappear from the North...
